A member of the Olympic delegation of the Brazilian Embassy had a briefcase worth half a million euros stolen.
A Brazilian football legend had a suitcase worth half a million euros stolen in Paris during his visit to France for the Olympic Games.
Arthur Antunes Coimbra, also known as « Zico », had a briefcase containing a Rolex watch, diamond necklace, and several thousand dollars in cash stolen in the French capital by a pair of thieves who targeted his taxi, according to Le Parisien.
The thieves approached Zico’s taxi, the newspaper said, with one addressing him and the taxi driver while the other stole the briefcase, which was on the back seat of the vehicle. Le Parisien estimates that the contents of the case were valued at around 500,000 euros.
The incident is being handled by a special unit of the French Ministry of the Interior called the Brigade for the Repression of Banditry.
