20 January 2015, 16:44 GMT
MOSCOW, January 23 (Sputnik) – French police released two of five Russian nationals, who were detained Tuesday in southern France, some under suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack, LifeNews reported Friday.
Another three individuals, charged with criminal activity, are still in custody.
According to a source in the town of Beziers, cited by LifeNews, three of the detainees moved to France in early childhood from the Russia republics of Chechen and Dagestan, but retained their Russian citizenship. Two have previous convictions for carrying weapons and drug smuggling.
On Monday night, French law enforcers arrested five Russians, one in the town of Beziers and another four in the Saint-Jean-de-Vedas commune in southern France. According to local media, citing Beziers' prosecutor Yvon Calvet, the police found some suspicious items during the searches, although the official did not specify what exactly was discovered.
Following a wave of terror attacks in Paris in early January, that left 17 dead, France redoubled its security and conducted a number of counter-terrorism raids to prevent possible attacks.
