French police arrest five over crypto-linked magistrate kidnapping

February 8, 2026

Arrests follow discovery on Friday of magistrate and her mother in a garage in south-east of country

French authorities have arrested five suspects after a magistrate and her mother were held captive last week for about 30 hours in a cryptocurrency ransom plot, prosecutors said on Sunday.

The arrests of four men and one woman followed the discovery on Friday of the 35-year-old magistrate and her 67-year-old mother, found injured in a garage in the south-eastern Drôme department, the Lyon public prosecutor’s office said.

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