Four more arrested in Louvre heist probe: prosecutor
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French police have arrested four other people as part of an investigation into the spectacular Louvre jewel heist last month, the Paris prosecutor’s office says.
The suspects are two men aged 38 and 39 and two women aged 31 and 40, a statement by Laure Beccuau said.
Her statement did not say what role they are suspected of having played in the October 19 theft.
Four other people were already arrested and placed under formal investigation on October 29 and November 1, it added.
The daylight robbery, in which four thieves made off with jewels worth $US102 million ($A158 million), raised doubts over the credibility of the world’s most-visited museum as a guardian for its myriad works.
So far, no trace has been found of the stolen jewels.
It includes a diamond-and-emerald necklace Napoleon gave to Empress Marie-Louise, jewels tied to 19th-century Queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense and Empress Eugénie’s pearl-and-diamond tiara.
with AP
Reuters
