Overview

• Three men donned firefighter uniforms on the morning of August 3 to deceive a 60-year-old homeowner into granting them entry to his Neuilly-sur-Seine residence.
• Under threat of a handgun, the intruders bound the homeowner and his 23-year-old son with zip ties and subjected them to violence without inflicting serious injuries.
• Estimates of the haul vary, with one report valuing stolen jewelry and watches at about €500,000 and another citing roughly €300,000 in watches alongside €30,000 in cash.
• The Parquet de Nanterre has classified the incident as aggravated theft and tasked the Police Judiciaire de Nanterre with identifying and locating the suspects, who remain at large.
• Home-jacking incidents in affluent Paris suburbs ticked up in early 2025, with Neuilly-sur-Seine targeted in similar violent raids in January and May.