Six Suspects Apprehended Following €12M Robbery on Gold Processing Laboratory in the French Republic

A team of six suspects using military-grade weapons detonated charges to force entry into a gold treatment facility located in Lyon, France, slightly injuring five workers during what is being called the newest significant broad daylight robbery to affect the country.

The audacious robbery occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, with law enforcement authorities quickly arresting the alleged criminals and retrieving the loot valued at approximately €12 million (£10.5 million), as stated by authorities.

Five employees of Laboratoires Pourquery were slightly hurt due to the explosion, and three individuals were taken to a medical facility for assessment, officials confirmed. Twenty-eight workers were present on-site when the perpetrators raided.

The individuals, believed to be career criminals, were arrested shortly after the incident in the adjacent municipality of Vénissieux, France, authorities revealed.

A female accomplice who participated in the heist was also apprehended, according to law enforcement.

“Six individuals who used detonations in an attack on a metals processing plant in the Lyon area were apprehended red-handed,” France's security official stated online, praising officers for their “firmness, rapid response and command”.

Assault rifles, handguns and explosives were likewise seized.

The heist took place as French police on that Thursday apprehended five additional individuals, featuring a main perpetrator, in regarding the bold Louvre museum robbery.

Numerous detectives have been hunting four robbers who used a vehicle equipped with a moving lift and cutting equipment to access a gallery on the first floor at the renowned museum on October 19th, making off with jewelry valued at approximately €88 million.

In a different significant robbery, thieves last month broke into the Parisian museum of natural history, taking gold specimens worth over $1 million. A woman from China, aged 24 was apprehended in the current month in Barcelona in connection with the break-in, prosecutors stated.

This series of robberies has raised concerns in the country regarding lax security at museums and other institutions containing precious artifacts.