Six Individuals Detained After 12 Million Euro Armed Raid on Gold Processing Laboratory in France

A team of six suspects carrying military-grade weapons employed explosives to break into a gold treatment facility located in the city of Lyon, slightly injuring five employees during described as the latest high-profile daylight theft to hit the nation.

The audacious robbery took place on the afternoon of Thursday, with officers quickly arresting the alleged criminals and retrieving the loot estimated to be worth 12 million euros (10.5 million pounds), according to officials.

Five workers of Laboratoires Pourquery sustained minor injuries due to the explosion, and three individuals required hospital checks for evaluation, officials confirmed. Twenty-eight employees were at the location when the robbers attacked.

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

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

“Six suspects who utilized explosives in a raid against a metals processing plant in the Lyon area were arrested at the scene,” the nation's interior minister stated online, praising officers for their “quick action, authority and management”.

Military-style weapons, pistols and explosive materials were recovered as well.

The raid happened as authorities on the same day arrested five more suspects, among them a key figure, in regarding the bold Louvre museum robbery.

Numerous detectives have been pursuing four perpetrators who utilized a lorry equipped with a moving lift and cutting tools to breach a first-floor gallery at the prestigious institution on October 19th, escaping with jewelry valued at approximately €88M.

In a different significant robbery, robbers the previous month entered illegally the Parisian museum of natural history, making off with gold samples estimated at exceeding $1M. A young Chinese female was apprehended in the current month in Barcelona, Spain in relation to the burglary, officials confirmed.

The sequence of heists has generated apprehension in France regarding lax security at museums and various establishments housing valuable items.