Mohamed ‘The Cat’ and His Spectacular Burglaries in Paris

Muslim criminals in France have acquired quite a reputation for rapes and gang-rapes, especially of the very young, for grooming gangs, and for turning middle-class French girls into cocaine-addicted prostitutes. But some of them are also dab hands at spectacular robberies. One of them is Mohamed S., who until now has had a most successful career. But at long last, he has just had the doors of his prison cell slam shut. More on his exploits can be found here: “Notorious burglar ‘Le Chat’ detained over Paris heists totaling €10 million,” by Jérémie Pham-Lê, Le Monde, April 25, 2026:

He earned the nickname “Le Chat” (“the Cat”) for his agility and skill in scaling drainpipes, rooftops and Parisian building facades to carry out break-ins. His preferred targets: prominent public figures and wealthy victims, selected in advance. Two years after his release from prison, Mohamed S. is back in detention. The 34-year-old from the 18^th arrondissement of Paris, who has already been convicted some 30 times (including 17 as a minor), was charged on Friday, April 24, with “theft as part of an organized gang” and “criminal conspiracy,” the Paris prosecutors’ office confirmed to Le Monde. He was placed in provisional detention.

Arrested in Paris on April 21, Mohamed S. is suspected of involvement in a recent series of acrobatic burglaries committed in the capital. The total value of goods stolen is estimated at nearly €10 million. Three other suspects were also charged and detained, including one of his former accomplices and ex-member of his gang, who was sentenced alongside him in 2022: Abdelazim G., 33, known as “Bidou.”

The first burglary being investigated was committed at a company specializing in the resale of luxury leather goods in the upscale Faubourg-Saint-Honoré neighborhood in the 8^th arrondissement. On the night of July 6, 2025, burglars entered the business through the roof. They disabled the security systems using a jamming device before stealing numerous high-end handbags, including 34 Hermès-branded bags valued at more than €800,000.

Six months later, on January 30, around 4 am, two masked burglars broke into the apartment of a Chinese dignitary on Avenue du Président-Kennedy in the 16^th arrondissement, again entering via the building’s roof and then going through the balcony’s French door. After remotely disabling the alarm, they woke the victim and ordered him to hand over his Audemars Piguet watches….

This wave of home burglaries of the rich and famous in Paris by Muslims, most notoriously Mohamed S., accompanied by his partner in crime, “Bidou,”are not the only major heists by Muslims. The most maddening of all was that of the jewels belonging to various French empresses that were stolen in a four-minute break-in by use of a ladder leaning just below the highest windows at the Louvre. Four thieves were responsible for the theft; three of them, all Muslims, are now being held in custody. It is believed that the stolen items will never be recovered. The authorities are convinced that those made of precious metals were melted down, and those consisting of jewels, pulled off their settings, and in those untraceable forms, sold.

So who says Muslim criminals are all rapists and murderers? Of course, there is a good deal of that. But let’s not forget how skilled some of them have proven to be as second-story, or rather fifth-story, men. Given how many times Mohamed S. has been convicted of burglaries, and the huge amounts he has stolen, is it too much to hope that after his sentence is served, he will be deported to whatever country in North African he, or his parents, came from?