Overview

• On July 30, an apartment on Rue Amyot in Paris’s 5th arrondissement was ransacked after the owner left her keys in her mailbox, resulting in the theft of an estimated €1 million in jewelry.
• Police sources relayed to AFP report no visible signs of a break-in, while the Paris prosecutor’s office maintains that the crime involved forced entry.
• The Police Technical and Scientific Unit has conducted on-site forensic analysis to collect traces and potential evidence.
• An investigating magistrate has assigned the case to the Brigade de répression du banditisme to spearhead the inquiry.
• Investigators are probing whether the residential burglary is linked to a simultaneous €300,000 jewelry and watch robbery on an Aix-en-Provence–Paris train.