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Agricultural GPS are targeted by traffickers, with an increase of 25% of flights in one year. A network has just been dismantled in the southwest of France. The flights accumulated are worth more than 1.5 million euros.
During the week, the gendarmes seized 34 branches and screens of Agricultural GPSFor an estimated value at 720,000 euros. This high -precision technological equipment is essential for farmers to work in the fields. This time, they were found in storage boxes. In the loot, the GPS of Dorian Lamothe. One morning in October 2024, the Gers farmer discovered his tractors “With open windows “vandalized.
Like him, dozens of farmers have been victims of the same gang all over France, from Landes to Vendée, including Seine-et-Marne. The suspects are three men of Romanian nationality. After storing the equipment in Vienne, the investigators suspect them of sending the equipment to Romania, before reselling it to neighboring countries. In total, the trio would have stolen more than a hundred GPS for 1.5 million euros.
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