PARIS: French police have arrested 5 extra individuals, together with a primary suspect, over this month’s daring Louvre museum jewellery robbery, the Paris prosecutor stated on Thursday (Oct 30).
“We had him in our sights,” Laure Beccuau stated of the primary suspect, including that not one of the loot value an estimated US$102 million had been discovered.
DNA proof linked the primary suspect to the theft, Beccuau stated, suggesting he was among the many four-man crew that carried out the brazen Oct 19 heist.
“As for the opposite people who’re in police custody, they’re individuals who might be able to present us with details about the course of occasions,” she stated, including it was “too early” to offer further particulars in regards to the suspects.
The 5 detentions came about on Wednesday in and round Paris, significantly in Seine-Saint-Denis, a area simply outdoors the French capital.
