Near Toulouse. Burglaries multiply before the holidays, the gendarmes launch an appeal
By Guillaume Laurent
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In this period of Christmas and New Yearthem burglaries are on the rise in the department, observe the gendarmes of Haute-Garonne, which multiplies the Shares in the field, but also the prevention messages on social networks.
Five special patrols set up
The Haute-Garonne gendarmerie indicates that at the end of 2022, “five daily patrols of reservists, specially dedicated to this theme, are set up in four of the Haute-Garonne departmental gendarmerie companies (Muret, Toulouse Saint-Michel, Toulouse Mirail, Villefranche-de-Lauragais) “in order to make residential areas and shops as secure as possible until December 23.
“The objective is to increase surveillance in the affected areas and to support the actions of the territorial brigades and the Gendarmerie surveillance and intervention platoon”.
But as the soldiers remind us, “beyond the action of the gendarmes, the support [des habitants] can be decisive”.
A thwarted burglary in Cugnaux
Until recently, several cases have been resolved thanks to the help of local residents. The gendarmerie takes as an example the evening of Monday, November 21, when theEugène Montel school a Cugnaux (Haute Garonne) was the victim of a heist. The thugs broke into the establishment, where they stole video projectors and other audio headphones.
“Thanks to a neighborhood survey conducted by the gendarmes of the Cugnaux brigade and decisive testimonies from local residents, two kidnappers will be arrested the following Wednesday with the discovery of the loot at their home”.
In the process, the gendarmes of the Cugnaux brigade went to hand over to the director of the school “all the equipment” stolen. Christmas before time!
In short, at the dawn of the end of year celebrations, the gendarmes call for the greatest vigilance. Because this year again, the thieves are not making a gift.
The advice of the gendarmes in the face of burglaries
The gendarmerie invites the victims, but also the witnesses of burglaries, to approach the nearest brigade. And it also invites the population to download the mobile application “My Security”, which allows “to have 24 hours a day, 7 days a week a gendarme to accompany you in case of emergency”. You will also be able to find advice in the event of burglary, and documents such as the tranquility holiday operations sheets.
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