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Foiled Home‑Jacking Plot Targeted Kering Chief in Paris as Two Suspects Are Jailed

A Neuilly surveillance lead guided specialized police to intercept the pair at Luca de Meo’s building.

Overview

  • Investigators from SDPJ 92 and the Paris BRI, alerted by Neuilly municipal police, tailed the suspects and arrested them near the 16th arrondissement residence on November 6.
  • Prosecutors say the men, aged 19 and 20, were formally investigated and remanded on November 8 as part of a judicial probe opened by the Nanterre prosecutor’s office.
  • Officers seized a replica alarm pistol, a knife, plastic cable ties and a fake parcel consistent with a delivery ruse used in home‑jackings.
  • The pair were stopped in a stolen car with disguised plates, and reporting notes prior police records for both suspects.
  • Charges in the investigation include association of malefactors, attempted organized theft with a weapon, refusal to provide decryption keys and receiving stolen goods.