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Ax-Wielding Gang Hijacks Two Apple Trucks Near Paris, Steals €4–5 Million

Specialized prosecutors have launched an organized-crime inquiry led by national police units.

Overview

  • Early on January 13 in Bonneuil-en-France, about ten masked assailants blocked two trucks just after they left a logistics warehouse.
  • The drivers were tied up and forced to drive roughly 15 kilometers to Épiais-lès-Louvres, where the cargo was unloaded under a bridge by the A1 motorway.
  • The stolen load—hundreds of Apple phones and computers—was transferred to another truck, with losses estimated between €4 million and €5 million.
  • The case has been assigned to the OCLDI and the national judicial police, and the Paris JIRS opened probes for organized kidnapping, armed robbery, and criminal association.
  • No arrests or recoveries have been reported; the drivers, aged 43 and 66, received medical care and one was taken to Gonesse hospital in non-life-threatening condition.