A major cross-border criminal network targeting Switzerland has been dismantled following a joint investigation by French and Swiss authorities.
According to police and prosecutors in canton Neuchâtel, the group – based in the Pays de Gex in neighbouring France - was responsible for stealing high-powered motorcycles and luxury cars, as well as carrying out burglaries and attempted break-ins at gun shops across several cantons.
The crimes were coordinated from France, with thefts committed in Switzerland.
Police have broken up a significant organization, which was being run by bosses already in prison.
In total, 56 cases were linked to the network, including a dozen attacks on arms dealers in six cantons.
Those detained are being brought in front of a French investigating judge in Bourg-en-Bresse.
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