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Five more people have been arrested in the investigation into the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum, but the treasures remain missing, the Paris prosecutor announced Thursday.
The five were detained late Wednesday night in Paris and the Paris region, Prosecutor Laure Beccuau told RTL radio.
She did not release their identities or other details.
One is suspected of being part of the four-person team that robbed the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in broad daylight Oct. 19, the prosecutor said.
Two other members of the team were arrested Sunday and given preliminary charges Wednesday of criminal conspiracy and theft committed by an organized gang.
Both partially admitted their involvement, according to the prosecutor.
“Searches last night and overnight did not allow us to find the goods,” Beccuau said.
It took thieves less than eight minutes to steal the jewels valued at $102 million on Oct. 19, shocking the world.
The robbers forced open a window, cut into cases with power tools and fled with eight pieces of the French crown jewels.
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