Even a seasoned mobster, expert in robbery, should be wary of radars. It was because he was caught speeding that the investigators of the judicial police (PJ) were able to formally identify Cédric V., driving a Peugeot 508 station wagon used during an attack on a van cash transport in Germany. On February 17, this 48-year-old native of Roubaix (North), known in particular for armed robbery, was the last member of a solid team of robbers to fall into the hands of the PJ, epilogue of an investigation. express, carried out in a few weeks since Friday 13 January.
That day, shortly before eight o’clock in the morning, an attack on an unmarked cash transport van was committed in Sarrelouis-Lisdorf, in the Land of Saarland, nine kilometers from the French border. The modus operandi of the assailants leaves no doubt about their professionalism and their determination: a commando armed with assault rifles appears in the streets of the peaceful village, breaks the rear door of the van with the help of an explosive charge then retreats aboard a powerful Audi RS6 and a black Peugeot 508 station wagon, the trunks weighted with a loot of 2.1 million euros in small denominations.
The operation, millimeter, did not last more than a few minutes. ” On the spot, Write the Saarbruecker newspaper from January 18, All that remains is an image of desolation: the armored van across the road, several other charred cars, cartridge cases strewn on the asphalt. » Before their escape, the robbers took care to set fire to the van. A shootout broke out with police officers, one of them was hit in the leg by the Audi and a conveyor was slightly injured.
Precision shot
Pursued by the German police, the commando crossed the French border, made a first stop at Boulay-Moselle (Moselle) to set fire to the Audi, a second, an hour later, at Cosnes-et-Romain (Meurthe-et-Moselle ), a town bordering the Belgian border, to do the same with the 508 station wagon. But this team, although very professional, makes a mistake. In the era of general video surveillance, the use of cameras located near the place where the 508 was set on fire shows the arrival of a convoy of four vehicles, including two relay cars, into which some of the robbers. The coordinates of their license plates are immediately transmitted to the Belgian and German police and distributed in France. Within hours, some vehicles were spotted in Belgium, others moving up from the east of France to the north of the country.
You have 67.41% of this article left to read. The following is for subscribers only.
