It is a surprising attack that took place in a company in Portes-lès-Valence specializing in intercity freight. During the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, while preparing a load, an employee saw a hooded and armed man appear. Under threat, the criminal retrieves the gate code, he handcuffs the employee in the toilet and he steals two pallet trucks.
Except that the thief has neglected his camouflage a little. The employee recognizes one of his former colleagues. The suspect was arrested a few hours later at his home in Guilherand-Granges. The two handling machines were discovered shortly afterwards in a box he had rented. The 22-year-old man hoped to pocket a nice sum of money by reselling this equipment. He will be presented to a magistrate from the Valence prosecutor’s office this Friday morning and should be tried in the afternoon in an immediate appearance.