A man pretending to be a police officer contacted more than a dozen police stations in the Île-de-France region over the weekend, asking for the release of six vehicles that had been towed, according to the police-justice service of France Inter, confirming reports from Le Parisien. The man successfully deceived the switchboards of two police stations, who believed he was a real officer due to his use of correct procedures and codes. "The man on the phone really sounded like a police officer," said a police source. "He spoke with the correct codes, in Tango Charlie mode, with the correct procedures to release vehicle immobilizations. It was impressive," the source added. The man called each police station one after another using a mobile phone number starting with 06, which is typically associated with mobile numbers, rather than a fixed number from the Paris police prefecture. This detail raised suspicions among investigators. Initially, some police stations considered the calls a prank, but investigators quickly ruled out that possibility. The requests involved six vehicles that had been immobilized in various locations, including Villeneuve-la-Garenne in Hauts-de-Seine and Bobigny in Seine-Saint-Denis. Authorities are now trying to determine why these vehicles were towed and whether there is a connection between them. They are also looking into the possibility of a criminal network operating on the dark web, which is an online space often used for illegal activities.