Five new arrests in Louvre heist investigation - report

Five caller arrests person been made successful the probe into the Louvre jewellery heist, the authoritative for Paris has said.

French vigor presumption RTL reported the arrests connected Thursday, pursuing an interrogation with Laure Beccuau.

The Paris prosecutor's section shared the interrogation connected societal media with the caption: "Louvre Burglary: Five New Suspects Apprehended."

It comes aft a authoritative said 2 suspects arrested implicit the jewellery heist had "partially" confessed to their engagement successful the robbery.

Four thieves stole 9 items - 1 of which was dropped and recovered astatine the country - successful a heist pulled disconnected portion the world-famous Paris depository was unfastened to visitors connected 19 October.

It took the thieves little than 8 minutes to bargain the jewels. They forced unfastened a model and chopped into cases with powerfulness tools aft gaining entree via a vehicle-mounted mechanical lift.

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