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DNA and vehicle-tracking help French investigators recover stolen Renoirs

DNA left on a protective painting cover helped investigators recover two stolen Renoirs and uncover what they suspected were preparations for another art heist, a French prosecutor said Monday.

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DNA left on a protective painting cover helped investigators recover two stolen Renoirs and uncover what they suspected were preparations for another art heist, a French prosecutor said Monday. NANTERRE, France — DNA left on a protective painting cover helped investigators recover two stolen Renoirs and uncover what they suspected were preparations for another art heist, a French prosecutor said Monday. The charges include organized theft and criminal association, Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said. The other, "Young Woman at the Well," had slight damage to its frame, Bessone said. An alarm sounded and police officers arrived four minutes later, a swift response that "apparently caused the perpetrators to panic," Bessone said. "As they fled, they were unable to take all four paintings and abandoned two of them, which were later found in a protective sleeve," he said. The DNA found on the abandoned cover matched that of a 29-year-old already under investigation in a drug trafficking case in which police were tracking his vehicle, Bessone said. Vehicle-tracking data showed that the suspect, accompanied by a 41-year-old man, went to the home of a third man shortly after the theft, Bessone said. The suspect then met with a fourth man known to police from art theft and forgery cases in 2001 and 2003.

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From the storyDNA left on a protective painting cover helped investigators recover two stolen Renoirs and uncover what they suspected were preparations for another art heist, a French prosecutor said Monday.

suspected were preparations for anotherCollocation

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From the storyDNA left on a protective painting cover helped investigators recover two stolen Renoirs and uncover what they suspected were preparations for another art heist, a French prosecutor said Monday.

organized theft and criminal associationCollocation

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From the storyThe charges include organized theft and criminal association, Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said.

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From the storyThe other, "Young Woman at the Well," had slight damage to its frame, Bessone said.

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From the storyAn alarm sounded and police officers arrived four minutes later, a swift response that "apparently caused the perpetrators to panic," Bessone said.

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