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Paris: Two Men Arrested Shortly After Luxury Watch Worth €395,000 Stolen at Knifepoint

From Le Figaro · () French

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Newswire Named sources Under investigation
  • Two men were arrested after a group allegedly robbed two people at knifepoint near Paris’s Place du Châtelet early Sunday.
  • The stolen items included a Richard Mille watch valued at €395,000, a mobile phone and a Louis Vuitton helmet.
  • Police formally identified the suspects and placed them in custody, but recovered none of the reported stolen property.

Two men were arrested shortly after a luxury Richard Mille watch worth an estimated €395,000 was allegedly taken from two people at knifepoint in central Paris.

The incident occurred around 5 a.m. between Saturday and Sunday at Place du Châtelet, according to a police source cited by AFP. A group of people allegedly approached the victims, threatened them with knives and took the watch, a mobile phone and a Louis Vuitton helmet before fleeing.

One suspect was arrested by the anti-crime brigade. The other was found carrying a bag containing several mobile phones, including one belonging to a victim. Both men were formally identified and placed in police custody.

The watch and the other stolen items had not been found, the police source said.

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Originally published by Le Figaro in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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