Overview
- Specialized officers stopped a four-man team near Lyon-Perrache after hours of surveillance, finding handguns in their vehicle.
- A fifth suspect was detained in an apartment used as a hideout where investigators seized additional weapons and packaged narcotics.
- All five remain in police custody as the case is treated as a foiled settling of scores tied to rivalries over drug sales in La Duchère.
- Sources say the group may include Colombian recruits hired as mercenaries, though reports differ on the exact identities and nationalities.
- Prosecutors have limited public comment while investigators probe links to the detainee in Colombia and pursue international cooperation.