A 72-year-old woman was arrested in Paris on suspicion of theft of thousands of children's toys, which she then sold on the Internet. Toys were stolen mainly in Parisian stores..

The manager of one of these stores saw that the toys stolen from him were put up for sale on the Internet, and he turned to the police.

Police found out who sells these toys and searched the suspect’s apartment.

The apartment was found 40 thousand. Euros in cash and about a thousand toys, most in original packaging.

The prosecutor's office told the French press that the woman confessed to the theft and explained that she did it out of boredom, reports BBC News.