Toulouse. Two witnesses and video surveillance unmask an opportunistic thief
By Laurent Derne
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Those two delivery men were unloading a truck in the Carmelite districtTuesday March 29, 2022, around 8 p.m., when a malicious hand slipped into the passenger compartment while their backs were turned.
A bag and two phones change hands
“A man stole a bag and two phones from you.” That’s what a woman witness of the scene told them when they got back to the truck. The police were alerted and a description of the individual passed on to all patrols.
It didn’t take law enforcement long to spot this 41 year old man, corresponding to the profile sought. Except that at the palpationofficials do not specify nothing about him. Until…
disturbing coincidence
A woman then intervened. Taking advantage of the presence of the police, she indicated that she had found in the basket of his bike, parked nearby… “a bag and two phones”. The forties was placed in police custody to explain this disturbing coincidence. Corroborated by video surveillance images.
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