About ten days after a computer belonging to the Hungarian Olympic Committee was stolen from a hotel in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, a 47-year-old man was arrested and placed in police custody on Tuesday, August 6, Le Parisien learned from a police source.
According to our information, the professional computer of the assistant to the president of the Olympic Committee of the Hungarian delegation, traveling to the Olympic Games in Paris, was stolen on July 26 from the grounds of the Mercure Hotel in Gare de Lyon, located in Place Louis Armand in Paris.
The man filmed by the hotel cameras
The institution's surveillance cameras filmed a 47-year-old man, suspected of being the perpetrator of the robbery. This Tuesday, August 6, after the information reached their ears, the police found the suspect in an apartment in La Courneuve, most likely his sister's apartment, according to our information.
Le Parisien learned that this man, an Algerian national with a residence permit, was arrested around 8 a.m. and placed in police custody at the headquarters of the police station in the 12th arrondissement of Paris on charges of “theft.” The investigation, entrusted to the central police station in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, continues.
