Six Suspects Apprehended After €12M Heist on Gold Processing Laboratory in France

A group of six individuals carrying assault rifles and handguns employed explosives to force entry into a precious metals processing plant located in Lyon, slightly injuring five workers during what is being called the newest significant broad daylight robbery to occur in the country.

The daring raid was carried out on Thursday late morning, with police forces quickly arresting the individuals believed responsible and retrieving the loot valued at approximately €12M (£10.5M), according to officials.

Five staff members of the gold refining company sustained minor injuries from the blast, and three individuals required hospital checks for evaluation, officials confirmed. Twenty-eight workers were inside the facility when the perpetrators raided.

The suspects, believed to be seasoned offenders, were taken into custody shortly after the incident in the adjacent municipality of Vénissieux, France, a source close to the investigation stated.

A woman involved involved in the heist was likewise arrested, a police source indicated.

“Six suspects who employed explosive devices in an attack on a metals processing plant in Lyon, France were caught in the act,” France's security official declared on social media, praising officers for their “decisiveness, speed and control”.

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

The raid happened as law enforcement in France on Thursday apprehended five additional individuals, featuring a main perpetrator, in regarding this month's brazen Louvre museum robbery.

Many investigative personnel have been pursuing four perpetrators who utilized a lorry equipped with a moving lift and cutting gear to access a gallery on the first floor at the museum on October 19th, fleeing with jewelry valued at approximately €88M.

In a separate high-profile case, thieves last month entered illegally the Natural History Museum in Paris, making off with gold samples estimated at exceeding $1M. A young Chinese female was apprehended in the current month 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 museums and other institutions holding high-value objects.