News / Romanian high-speed acrobatic truck theft gang jailed by Paris court

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A Romanian gang, dubbed the “acrobats,” who robbed trucks travelling at 90kph on French motorways, were jailed yesterday by a Paris court, French media reported.

Their spectacular modus operandi was worthy of the action film series, Fast and Furious: trucks carrying cosmetics, perfumes or computer equipment were targeted specifically from several vehicles.

Once on the motorway, the first vehicle got in front of the truck to slow it down; from a second vehicle directly behind the truck, a gang member climbed through a roof hatch ...