Rocket Launcher Found' In French Police Raids

Police have seized a rocket launcher as they carried out a series of raids across France, according to French media.

French PM Manuel Valls told radio station RTL that more than 150 searches have taken place across the country in the wake of terror attacks in Paris on Friday.

Thirteen of them took place in and around Lyon, according to TV station Bfmtv, where rocket launcher, a flak jacket, pistols and a Kalashnikov assault rifle were found and five people were held.

Among other areas where police are known to have taken action are Toulouse, Grenoble, Jeumont and the Parisian communes of Bobigny and Saint-Denis.

Searches also took place in Strasbourg, Marseille, Lille and the neighbouring commune of Roubaix, according to French station iTV.

The raids were carried out under a series of powers that have been put in place by French President Francois Hollande since the massacre.