Lyon: six men in front of justice for a tablet at 40 million Swiss francs

The attack on the armored van, perpetrated in 2017 between Lausanne and Geneva, is emblematic of how Lyon’s banditry has multiplied in recent years the incursions beyond the Helvetic border.

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The trial that was to open, on Monday, November 22, in front of the Assize Court of the Rhone promises to be emblematic of the waves of the Lyon banditism that overlooking the shores of Lake Geneva for several years. Six men are accused of a spectacular shielded van attack, perpetrated in 2017 between Lausanne and Geneva. The record booty of 40 million Swiss francs (38 million euros in the current course) was found by the antigangen brigade of Lyon in a flagrant offense, a few hours after the steering. Trusted for the flight with organized band weapon, kidnapping and sequestration, the six accused, aged 33 to 51, were arrested in a villa in Chavanod (Haute-Savoie), near Annecy, in possession of the loot and equipment. Used during the operation.

The facts took place on the night of May 24, 2017. An armored car transport van of Loomis was stopped by three powerful cars, on a highway strap at Eysins, in the canton of Vaud. Upgrading vehicles, the criminals threatened the two conveyors, pointing to the assault rifles in their direction, and sticking a frame on the breeze of the van, with a small red flashing, leaving a fear an explosive charge.

Forced to go, the two carriers have been tied up and taken to the trunk of a car, while an attacker took the wheel flying, up to a rural road, on the other side of the border. , to Divonne-les-Bains (Ain). The robbers pulled ticket bags from different currencies, four gold ingots, and 27,640 gems, before binding the van and a stolen vehicle, not forgetting to water the jallized product conveyors, to erase their traces .

“A millimeter organization”

A few hours later, the Research and Intervention Brigade (BIS) of the Judicial Police of Lyon has arrested the six men. Two in a van that left, the others in a windowless room of the Villa de Chavanod. The crumpled tickets were still in bulk in bags. A lingot dragged into the trunk of a stolen Audi. In the ashes of the van, the investigators even found some fifty precious stones, fallen during the attack. Five Winchester and Kalashnikov rifles, two SIG-Sauer automatic pistols, and a Ruger revolver were discovered at the villa, as well as several stolen cars, large displacement. These elements, added to traces of DNA on several equipment, leave little margin of protest.

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