Paris
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Four more folks suspected of involvement within the theft of the French crown jewels from the Louvre have been detained, the Paris prosecutor’s workplace advised NCS Tuesday.
Two males, aged 38 and 39, and two ladies, aged 31 and 40, all from the Paris area, had been detained by police as a part of the investigation into the heist, based on an announcement from Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau.
The new suspects be a part of four different suspects detained in late October who shall be questioned by investigators, stated the prosecutor – who has not but launched additional particulars about attainable expenses.
NCS affiliate BFMTV reported that one of many suspects is the alleged fourth member of the gang that carried out the heist. Three of the suspects detained in October have been charged with organized theft, with the fourth, a girl, charged with complicity in organized theft.
The thieves raided the Apollo Gallery on the higher ground of the Louvre, probably the most visited museum on this planet, on October 19. They used a truck-mounted ladder to realize entry to the gallery, probably the most ornate rooms within the museum, by a window.
They broke into two high-security show circumstances and made off with 9 objects, together with a diamond and sapphire jewellery set worn by Queen Marie-Amélie and Queen Hortense.
In simply seven minutes, the thieves had made off with loot estimated at a worth higher than $100 million. But the escape was not with out mishap. The imperial crown of Empress Eugénie, with its 1,354 diamonds and 56 deep inexperienced emeralds, is claimed to have slipped from the grip of the thieves as they made their getaway.
While suspects have been recognized and investigations proceed, the jewels are but to be recovered.
Questions stay over their whereabouts, and the situation they’re in. Some specialists concern the jewellery could have been melted down and offered on to keep away from it being traced. Others consider this to be much less seemingly, citing the swift arrest of the suspects.