Overview
- Specialized BRI officers stopped four men around 4 a.m. near Perrache in a stolen car and seized two handguns after hours of observation indicating an imminent attack.
- A fifth suspect was arrested at a Lyon apartment believed to be a safehouse, where police found additional weapons and drugs packaged in small sachets.
- The case is tied to a violent struggle for control of drug-dealing points in La Duchère that investigators say has driven recent shootings.
- Police sources suspect the group operated as hired killers and are examining whether orders were issued from “Fiston,” a La Duchère trafficker held in Colombia pending extradition.
- Reports differ on nationality, with AFP citing five Colombians and Franceinfo reporting four Colombians and one French national, and all five are in police custody.