A man suspected of involvement in a series of carjackings in Mondor is in pretrial detention

The incidents took place between June 29 and July 6. They are part of an investigation by the Nouméa research team into a series of carjackings (thefts of cars with threats or violence against the driver) on roads in the Mont-Dore department since May 22, 2024, in which a man was arrested on August 20.

this”Surveys often suggestAccording to Yves Dupas, the latter is 23 years old and from the Saint Louis tribe. There are three scenarios:

• June 29, 12:00pm to 12:30pm, involving a company vehicle theft On the Thy Bridge, the driver was robbed by three people, including a man, who pointed a gun in his direction and demanded he get out of the car while threatening to kill him.
• Around 11am on July 5, 2024, two people were involved in the theft of a vehicle at Thy Bridge, one of whom threatened the driver with a stick and the other, armed with a sword, violently rescued the driver from the passenger compartment and kicked him.
• Finally, on July 6, 2024, at around 3:45 pm, near the intersection of Notre Dame Street, a company vehicle carrying three people was stolen, during which, as they approached the roadblock, a person wearing a hood stopped the vehicle and ordered the driver to pull his arm and asked him to get out of the car, while another person with a hunting weapon fired a shot in the air, intimidating the two passengers.

and “relevant clues” confirmed the defendant’s involvementThe use of technical elements and the hearing of two victims who formally admitted this“. While in custody, the man questioned his participation in three robberies committed with weapons. He was presented to the investigating judge, indicted for robbery with weapons and detained. The provisional investigation is still underway under the leadership of the authorities. The prosecutor concluded that it was the investigating judge.