Monday, November 16, 2015

Rocket Launcher Found In French Police Raids



The French interior ministry says 168 locations were searched across the country and 23 people taken into police custody.

15:14, UK, Monday 16 November 2015

Police have seized a rocket launcher and other weapons as they carried out a series of raids across France, said the country's interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve.

The interior ministry said 168 searches had taken place across the country in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
Police prepare to raid an address in Toulouse
Searches in Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon, Grenoble, Marseille and Toulouse resulted in the rocket launcher, flak jackets, 15 hand guns and eight other "weapons of war" being seized, according to Le Figaro.

Mr Cazaneuve said that a total of 31 weapons had been seized so far, with 104 suspected jihadists under house arrest and 23 people taken into custody overnight.


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