A surveillance operation in the French city of Lyon concluded with the arrest of at least two people after police officers witnessed: throwing 5,000 euros out the window that ended up in their hands.
Around 8:00 p.m. last Wednesday, plainclothes police from the anti-crime brigade decided to follow a suspicious vehicle in which two women were traveling, according to the French media. . Both were suspected of being part of that operates through a home department.
Upon arriving in the district 3 area of the city, the two suspects stopped at the foot of a residential building. That’s when a man threw a strange package from an apartment window. This turned out to contain a wad of cash, which ended up in the hands of the police.
The officers immediately detained the couple and intercepted the package, which contained 5,000 euros. When searching the two women’s vehicle they also found a large sum of cash.
After this, the police went to search the house from which the money was thrown, where they found 1,200 euros and “it is possible” that a third arrest was made, although the French media do not specify it. The Lyon prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation to understand the origin of these funds, with suspicions of money laundering.
