Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Overnight Ram-Raid Hits Costco Near Paris as Inquiry Begins

Police are using CCTV to identify three intruders who abandoned a stolen Renault Scénic.

Overview

  • Shortly after 3 a.m. on November 7, a vehicle rammed a service door at the Pontault-Combault warehouse, breaching perimeter gabions.
  • At least one attacker wielded a hatchet as employees fled; three workers hid in a walk-in cold room and were later found cold and shaken by officers.
  • Surveillance footage indicates three suspects arrived in a Renault Scénic and a second vehicle; the Scénic, reported stolen on November 4, was left at the scene.
  • The prosecutor says nothing was stolen and no one was assaulted, while some staff and early reports describe the telephony section as hit; the loss is still being evaluated.
  • The parquet de Meaux opened a judicial investigation and entrusted it to the SIPJ, with forensic teams processing evidence as the suspects remain at large.