The group of seven men and one woman is believed to have burgled not just top players from the PSG team, but also music and TV personalities. Silva – the PSG’s captain at the time but who now plays for Chelsea – returned home after a first division match on December 23, 2018 to find his safe, jewellery and watches worth a combined €1.2 million were gone. Thanks to phone taps and tails on the three, police identified a group of seven men in their twenties based in the northern Paris neighbourhood of Goutte d’Or, and the two vehicles they used. The seven men, now aged between 27 and 31 and with long rap sheets, are charged with theft and membership of a criminal organisation. The suspects’ lawyers did not return AFP’s calls, or said they would not comment ahead of the trial.

Source: The Local June 23, 2021 06:33 UTC