Le Figaro Lyon
The term of 96 hours of police custody.
The couple arrested on Sunday in Lyon in possession of explosives in their apartment were indicted and placed in pre-trial detention, the prosecution said on Friday.
The man and woman are being prosecuted for
“unauthorized manufacture by an organized gang
,
” “illegal possession”
and
“unauthorized sale”
of explosive or incendiary devices or explosive products, he said.
One of the two is also indicted for
“fraudulent possession of a false administrative document”
.
The investigations are continuing
“under the authority of an investigating judge”
, according to the same source.
On Sunday, the police, who intervened with the Raid, discovered a kilo of TATP, a powerful and very unstable explosive in their apartment in the 8th arrondissement, in the south-east of Lyon.
A false identity card and a booklet of Salafist literature were also found, according to a police source.
Known for its use in the attacks of the 2010s, TATP is also popular in organized crime.
A police source told Le
Figaro
at the start of the week that the terrorist trail had been ruled out.
Criminal record
The arrests took place following information that a woman was likely to make explosives in her apartment and sell them via social networks.
The couple was known to the services for criminal records.
The judicial police were seized of the investigation and the products destroyed due to their
“dangerousness”
, according to the same source.
On Sunday, the prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region announced on X an operation by demining services aimed at
“securing and neutralizing several fireworks in the Clos Layat park”
in Lyon.