Official police statement on Sainz’s watch theft: this is the watch and how they were caught

The State Police issued a press release this Sunday evening in which it gave all the details about the events that took place this Sunday at the last minute and that Carlos Sainz and his manager and cousin, Carlos Oñoro, were the protagonists. The rider from Madrid, who just achieved a great podium in F1 Italian GP disputed time before entering Monzawill arrive at his hotel in Milan by car when they suddenly took a watch worth more than 300,000 euros from his wrist. Sainz and Onoro they chased them and caught them.

Below is the full statement from the Italian police that they sent to local media, where they detail that the watch model they tried to steal from Carlos was a Richard Mille Alexander Zverev.

POLICE STATEMENT ABOUT CARLOS SAINZ’S THIEF

“Milan, theft of Carlos Sainz: the State Police detained three people

This afternoon, in the Monte Napoleone area of ​​Milan, the State Police arrested three Moroccan citizens aged 18, 19 and 20 in Milan for conspiracy to rob Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz.

Around 8:30 pm, in front of the Armani hotel, in via Manzoni, the three approached the driver who was with the manager and one of them grabbed a Richard Mille Alexander Zverev model watch from the left wrist of the Ferrari driver and then. fled to Mount Napoleon.

The Formula 1 driver in the manager’s car tried to block the escape of the three and then left the car and, with the help of two bystanders, was able to stop a thief through Pietro Verri. The second was stopped in via della Spiga by the man in charge of the Ferrari driver, and the third was stopped not far away by another member of staff with the cooperation of passers-by.

Police agents from the General Directorate of Prevention immediately went to the scene and arrested the three thieves, accompanying them to the police station to retrieve the documents.