Six Individuals Detained After 12 Million Euro Armed Raid on Precious Metals Facility in France

A group of six individuals equipped with military-grade weapons employed explosives to force entry into a precious metals processing plant located in the city of Lyon, slightly injuring five workers during what is being called the latest high-profile daylight theft to occur in France.

The bold operation occurred on Thursday afternoon, with law enforcement authorities swiftly apprehending the individuals believed responsible and recovering the stolen goods valued at approximately €12 million (£10.5 million), as stated by authorities.

Five staff members of the gold refining company were slightly hurt due to the explosion, and three individuals required hospital checks for examination, the regional prefecture announced. A total of twenty-eight staff were inside the facility when the robbers attacked.

The suspects, considered experienced criminals, were taken into custody soon afterwards in the neighboring community of Vénissieux, authorities revealed.

A woman involved involved in the heist was likewise arrested, officers confirmed.

“Six individuals who employed explosive devices in a raid against a precious metals company in Lyon were apprehended red-handed,” the French interior minister declared on social media, lauding police for their “quick action, authority and management”.

High-caliber firearms, handguns and detonation devices were recovered as well.

The heist took place as law enforcement in France on that Thursday arrested five more suspects, among them a key figure, in connection with the bold theft at the Louvre.

Numerous detectives have been hunting four perpetrators who utilized a lorry equipped with a moving lift and cutting equipment to access a gallery on the first floor at the renowned museum on October 19th, fleeing with jewelry valued at approximately €88M.

In a different significant robbery, burglars recently entered illegally the French capital's Natural History Museum, stealing gold samples worth over $1 million. A young Chinese female was arrested earlier this month in the city of Barcelona in relation to the burglary, prosecutors stated.

The sequence of heists has generated apprehension in the nation regarding inadequate security measures at museums and various establishments housing valuable items.