The method sees the criminal gang follow the lorry from its warehouse, and continue unseen behind it, to the motorway. The criminal vehicle then stays close behind the lorry - matching its speed - with one person continuing to drive and another leading the theft.
Captain Romaric Leclerc, of the crime unit l’Office Central de Lutte contre la Délinquance Itinérante (OCLDI), explained: “One of the criminals would then get out [of the car] through a sunroof or hatch, climb on the car bonnet, and from there, break the locks on the lorry’s rear door, before climbing aboard the lorry and stealing the goods by passing them out to the other vehicle. All of this at 90 kph, at night.
