In the Tarn-et-Garonne, several million euros stolen in a van containing works of art and gold lights-Liberation

Works, art furniture and gold ingots were stolen on the night of Sunday, March 30 to Monday, March 31 in the parking lot of a company specializing in the transport of works of art, in Verdun-sur-Garonne (Tarn-et-Garonne), according to information from the dispatch. The local daily indicates that the loot was stored in a van, which was stolen « Harnache » to a 4×4.

This Tuesday, April 1, the prosecutor of MontaubanBruno Sauvage, said that he had opened an investigation to « Flight with break in meeting ». The investigations were entrusted to the research section of the Toulouse gendarmerie. Bruno Sauvage specifies that the truck contained « Bronzes »ingots and gold coins and « Goods intended for different owners of several regions of France ». He was found calcined just a few kilometers from the flight location, on « An isolated rural path »noted the dispatch.

According to our colleagues, the « Four to five » thieves fled with ingots and gold coins for a value of 3 million euros, but they would also have burned « Tables and art objects estimated at 3.5 million euros »by burning the van. The Montauban prosecutor was unable to confirm this information, saying that « Technicians were on site » To continue investigations.