French police arrest five over crypto-linked magistrate kidnapping
LYON – The French authorities have arrested five suspects after a magistrate and her mother were held captive for around 30 hours in a cryptocurrency ransom plot, prosecutors said on Feb 8.
Four men and one woman were detained, three overnight and two on Feb 8 morning, Lyon prosecutor Thierry Dran told AFP.
The individuals were taken into custody after the 35-year-old magistrate and her 67-year-old mother were discovered injured in a garage in the south-eastern Drome region on the morning of Feb 6.
Two of those arrested overnight were caught trying to board a bus to Spain, according to a source close to the case who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The authorities continue to actively search for additional suspects, a second source close…
