They covered with adhesive tape the location allowing contactless payment at the ticket dispenser, forcing users to dial their bank card code… which they never lost a bit. The merry-go-round of two teenage girls, aged 13 and 15, did not escape a transport police officer, early Thursday afternoon, at the Esquirol station of the Toulouse metro. The official decided not to intervene, he just warned the video PC to
Woven and that of the
local police.
And, as he surmised, teenage girls ended up finding themselves an ideal target. Suddenly, they rushed into an elevator in the wake of a traveler who had just bought her ticket.
Tracked by multiple cameras to the distributor
When the doors reopened, the 40-year-old continued on her way without suspecting that she had just been stealthily relieved of her card. The cameras, coordinated by the police, did not let go of the two girls. In the metro then to an ATM in the Saint-Cyprien district, where, provided with the card and code, they withdrew 1,000 euros.
A crew picked them up on the spot, while they hid the tickets in their cleavage. While they were taken to the police station, other police officers were assigned to notify the victim of the theft. And at the same time of its resolution.