Overview
- Authorities charged five suspects after arrests in La Voulte-sur-Rhône, with four men jailed before trial and a woman placed under judicial supervision.
- Investigators attribute 32 thefts in 2025–2026 to the same network, with total losses estimated at about €2 million, according to the Privas prosecutor.
- The group targeted trains during 10–20 minute halts at La Voulte, forced locks on trailers, and took small parcels such as multimedia and electronic goods.
- Accomplices met the trains in Dijon to pick up goods the thieves had sorted during the journey, indicating a planned division of roles and routes.
- A probe launched late 2025 led to the arrests with about forty gendarmes, and prosecutors note a separate March 2025 freight theft was unrelated and caused roughly €4,000 in losses.