This tourist was traveling by car in the second arrondissement of Marseille when two individuals on a two-wheeler managed to tear him off the luxury watch he wore on the wrist.
The stay in Marseille will have a bitter aftertaste for this Swiss tourist. On Saturday around 7 p.m., this motorist was robbed of the luxury watch he wore on the wrist by two individuals while driving on Boulevard des Dames, in the second arrondissement of Marseille, learned Le Figaro concordant sources, confirming initial information to Provence.
The two thieves were rolling in two-wheelers when they managed to penetrate inside the car in order to steal this watch estimated at 200,000 euros.
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But agents of the Marseille Municipal Police Night Brigade then intervened and managed to challenge the driver of the two-wheelers. However, the passenger fled with the precious loot.
Using operators from the Marseille Urban Supervision Center, the second suspect was geolocated and then arrested a little later, still in the second arrondissement of Marseille. Thanks to the video surveillance cameras, the municipal police also found the watch under a parked car. A complaint was filed by the victim.