Eyewitness: Lupin thieves who made off with $330,000 worth of equipment were "kids with firecrackers," but it wasn't a "heist"

The Hollywood Reporter

Brahim Rochdi, the owner of a restaurant was used as a Lupin filming location last week, tells The Hollywood Reporter that the maximum age of the thieves who were wearing black balaclavas was 15, with some being as young as 12. He also says Lupin star Omar Sy hid safely in his office. "The Lupin production had spent several days in the neighborhood, a historically low-income area known as Pablo Picasso, or 'Les Pablo,'" says The Hollywood Reporter's Julian Sancton. "The presence of the film crew — and particularly of Sy — had been a source of pride. Several locals had been hired as extras and nighttime security guards to watch the trailers."