The wave continues in Zurich –
A Frenchman arrested during a new armory burglary
Police arrested a twenty -year -old during an attempted break -in in an arms store in Höri. This arrest comes after other flights in Switzerland.
On July 21, armory had been robbed in Evionnaz (VS).
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The Cantonal De Zurich Police Arrested a 22 -year -old Frenchman at an attempted burglary in armory in Höri early Wednesday morning, reports an official statement. This arrest is part of a series of similar flights that occurred recently in Switzerland.
The police intervened around 4:20 am following a suspicious activity report received via the emergency number 117. Arrived quickly on the spot, the police surprised the suspect in full break. The man was immediately apprehended and led to the police station for interrogation, before being referred to the prosecution.
Experts from the Zurich Medical Institute (For) have been dispatched to the scene to collect evidence. Zurich cantonal police have opened an investigation to determine possible links with other similar crimes that occurred in recent days.
Series flights in series
This arrest comes in a worrying context of armory burglaries in Switzerland. On July 17, criminals forced the storefront of a trade in Alststätten (SG), seizing ten handguns after breaking the windows. During the night of July 19 to 20, a shooting stand in Wittenbach, in the same canton, was visited by burglars who stole several old weapons.
The next day, fourteen pistols disappeared from a armory of Gossau, also in the canton of Saint-Gall. July 21, in Valaisthree individuals robbed a armory in Evionnaz, but abandoned a large part of their loot following a car accident. Two suspects were apprehended in this last case.
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