Six Arrested After €12M Heist on Precious Metals Facility in the French Republic

Six armed perpetrators using high-powered firearms employed explosives to force entry into a gold treatment facility located in the city of Lyon, slightly injuring five workers during described as the latest high-profile daytime heist to affect the country.

The daring raid was carried out on Thursday afternoon, with law enforcement authorities quickly arresting the individuals believed responsible and retrieving the loot valued at approximately 12 million euros (£10.5 million), as stated by authorities.

Five staff members of the gold refining company sustained minor injuries from the blast, and three of them required hospital checks for examination, according to regional authorities. A total of twenty-eight staff were at the location when the robbers attacked.

The suspects, believed to be career criminals, were detained a brief time later in the nearby town of the town of Vénissieux, authorities revealed.

A woman involved who took part in the raid was likewise arrested, a police source indicated.

“Six individuals who employed explosive devices in an assault targeting a precious metals company in Lyon were caught in the act,” the French interior minister announced via X, commending law enforcement for their “decisiveness, speed and control”.

Military-style weapons, pistols and explosive materials were also confiscated.

The heist took place as French police on Thursday arrested five more suspects, among them a key figure, in regarding this month's brazen raid on the Louvre museum.

Dozens of investigators have been pursuing four thieves who employed a truck featuring an elevating platform and cutting tools to break into an upper-level exhibition space at the museum on October 19th, making off with jewelry valued at approximately 88 million euros.

In another notable incident, burglars recently broke into the Parisian museum of natural history, stealing gold samples valued at more than one million dollars. A young Chinese female was apprehended in the current month in the city of Barcelona in relation to the burglary, according to legal authorities.

The string of thefts has generated apprehension in France regarding insufficient protection at museums and various establishments containing precious artifacts.