INFO THE DISPATCH. Near Toulouse, two men rob craftsmen and force them to withdraw money
Two men aged 29 and 27 were arrested by the gendarmes of the Muret research brigade. They are suspected of having stolen tens of thousands of euros from craftsmen. Thanks to a well-crafted method.
The barrel of the gun leaning on the ribs, the victim is the prize money withdrawal. Then his captors force him to get into their car to go to a new cash machine in the Muret sector. The carousel lasts tens of minutes before this man is released. His two attackers have just been caught by the gendarmes of the Muret research brigade this Wednesday, June 8.
The case originated at the end of April in Muret, near Toulouse. That day, a craftsman is working on a construction site. As he progresses in the work, two individuals in their thirties approach him. These strangers turned out to be surrendered and offered him a deal: for 8 €, they cut him the discs of his grinder. An offer defying all competition that the craftsman ends up accepting.
€30,000 in cash found
Following this agreement, the two canvassers take the records and then disappear. As agreed, they resurface less than an hour later. But the deal has changed. These criminals are only asking €8 but €1500! And to convince the victim, one of them is armed with a pistol. The robbers then force him into the back of their car and finally extract €500 from him.
After his complaint, the gendarmes of the research brigade of the company of Muret are in charge of the investigations by the parquet floor. Aided by the physical descriptions given by the victim, the soldiers traced the trail to two people living in Colomiers. But the evidence is thin. The gendarmes therefore decide to monitor them for weeks. They are not long in assisting a new extortion attempt with the same method. These two Columérins, aged 29 and 27, were arrested and placed in police custody on Wednesday. During searches at their home, investigators found more than €30,000 in cash. Money from these extortions? Perhaps. Faced with the evidence, the mis en cause confessed everything and they will be judged this Friday in immediate comparison.