Five suspected drug sellers and deliverers have been arrested in Lyon. The men are accused of selling drugs via an encrypted messaging app.

Luxury cars and clothing as well as bank accounts were seized in the raid. The five men have been placed in pre-trial detention, the fifth is free to leave the country. The investigation into the alleged drug deals is ongoing, police say. The suspects are believed to have been using the app to send drugs to friends and family in the U.S.