Overview
- A masked gunman who posed as a customer robbed a luxury watch boutique in the 8th arrondissement, fired a shot inside, and fled by scooter with an accomplice after taking about 15 watches worth more than €150,000.
- In Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, two men claiming to be delivery workers attacked a couple at home, tied them up, and stole eight Rolex watches and other jewelry valued at roughly €100,000.
- Prosecutors in Paris opened an inquiry for armed robbery in an organized gang and assigned it to the Brigade de répression du banditisme, a police unit that targets organized theft networks.
- The Créteil prosecutor opened a case for organized sequestration and armed theft in the Saint-Maur attack and investigators used ride-hailing app data to identify and question the driver who unknowingly carried the suspects.
- The Saint-Maur victims were treated at Créteil hospital for injuries, and police say suspects in both cases remain at large.