Theft of luxury watches in Paris: a Moroccan at the head of a network

Mohamed, 42 years old and of Moroccan origin, was arrested at the end of October in Paris as a suspected receiver of luxury watches stolen in the chic neighborhoods of the French capital, and mastermind of a small gang of pickpockets.

The forty-year-old was indicted on October 19 for organized gang theft before being placed in detention. He would be the mastermind of the gang which succeeded in October in stealing two luxury watches from tourists in front of the famous Raphaël hotel, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It was a Hublot worth 192,000 euros and a Rolex at 50,000 euros, relays The Parisian.