Overview

• Two Tunisian suspects, including a minor, were detained after a routine check as they exited a TGV from Lyon at Paris’s Gare de Lyon.
• Officers found high‑value jewellery hidden in a sock inside one suspect’s undergarment, with an initial estimate near €10 million that investigators say remains provisional.
• Items reportedly include a necklace valued around €5 million, earrings above €2 million, a ring near €1 million, and a Rolex watch.
• A disc cutter was seized from the suspects’ luggage, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.
• The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation for receiving stolen goods in an organised group and assigned the case to the Brigade de répression du banditisme, with the two suspects held in garde à vue.