Well-organized criminals attacked last week the workshop of a subcontractor of the luxury leather goods manufacturer, Monthou-sur-Cher. The damage is very significant.
It was two o’clock in the morning, on the night of Wednesday 7 Thursday 8 September, when several individuals whose faces were masked by balaclavas attacked the workshop of a subcontractor of the luxury brand Vuitton, Monthou-sur-Cher , in the south of Loir-et-Cher. One of them was armed with a pistol. They threatened and then mastered the night watchman who was watching over the scene, before breaking into a safe using a grinder.
The criminals have
faint in nature
The operation, visibly well prepared, only lasted about ten minutes. During this time, the criminals seized about three hundred luxury bags. If the precise amount of the damage is not yet known, the market value of a Vuitton bag ranges, depending on the model, from a few hundred to several thousand euros, and can exceed five-digit values.
Potentially, the overall value of drobs products could therefore reach several hundred thousand euros. As for material damage, they amount to 120,000 euros.
Once alerted to the facts, while the criminals had disappeared into the wild, the gendarmes of the Romorantin-Lanthenay company, including those of the research brigade, intervened, as well as a criminal identification technician. The prosecutor of the Republic of Blois, Charlotte Beluet, entrusted the investigation to the research section of the gendarmerie of Orleans. The central Office for the fight against itinerant crime is also seized.
Similar break-ins
This is not the first time that the Monthou-sur-Cher site has been targeted by thieves. He had already suffered an attempted break-in in January 2020 then, on the night of February 19 to 20, 2020, according to a modus operandi which is very similar to the recent burglary, three hooded and armed men had robbed the security guard responsible for monitoring the premises. , stealing a dozen Vuitton bags.
The prosecutor of Blois at the time, Frdric Chevallier, had then evoked organized crime.