Six Suspects Apprehended After 12 Million Euro Robbery on Precious Metals Facility in France

A team of six suspects using assault rifles and handguns employed explosives to breach the security of a gold treatment facility located in Lyon, France, slightly injuring five workers during described as the most recent prominent daylight theft to hit the nation.

The daring raid occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, with officers rapidly detaining the suspected perpetrators and recovering the stolen goods estimated to be worth €12M (10.5 million pounds), as stated by authorities.

Five employees of the gold refining company sustained minor injuries due to the explosion, and three employees were taken to a medical facility for evaluation, officials confirmed. A total of twenty-eight staff were inside the facility when the perpetrators raided.

The individuals, believed to be career criminals, were detained shortly after the incident in the neighboring community of the town of Vénissieux, a source close to the investigation stated.

A woman involved who participated in the raid was taken into custody as well, a police source indicated.

“Six individuals who employed explosive devices in a raid against a gold refining facility in Lyon, France were arrested at the scene,” the French interior minister declared on social media, lauding police for their “firmness, rapid response and command”.

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

The robbery occurred as French police on the same day detained five further people, featuring a main perpetrator, in regarding the recent audacious theft at the Louvre.

Dozens of investigators have been hunting four robbers who employed a truck featuring an elevating platform and cutting equipment to break into an upper-level exhibition space at the museum on the nineteenth of October, fleeing with precious items estimated to be worth 88 million euros.

In a separate high-profile case, robbers the previous month broke into the French capital's Natural History Museum, making off with gold samples estimated at exceeding $1M. A woman from China, aged 24 was taken into custody recently in the city of Barcelona in regarding the theft, prosecutors stated.

This series of robberies has generated apprehension in the nation regarding lax security at cultural venues and other facilities housing valuable items.