French police arrested others on Wednesday night five suspects related to the robbery in the Louvre museumamong them one who could have been part of the assailant command, indicated this Thursday the Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccuau.
“One of them was actually listed as one of the objectives of the researchers; we had him in our sights,” the prosecutor said on RTL radio, adding that the stolen jewelry, worth around 88 million euros, had not yet been found.
The same night on Wednesday, two other suspects arrested on Saturday for the robbery that occurred on October 19, aged 34 and 39, were accused y imprisoned.
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Both would have been members of the commando that entered through a window of the famous Parisian museum and “partially recognized the facts“said the prosecutor.
Regarding the last five detainees, he explained that they were found “DNA remains“that link one of them with the robbery, and suggested that the individual could be one of the four that made up the assailant commando.
“As for the other people detained, they are people who they can eventually inform us about the development of the events,” added Beccuau, who did not want to give details about the profile of the latter.
These five most recent arrests occurred in different parts of Paris and its periphery.
Unfound, the loot taken from the Louvre
The “raids carried out during the afternoon and evening They have not allowed us to find the loot of theft,” the prosecutor highlighted.
The four-man commando stole in a matter of a few minutes eight french crown jewels.
The thieves gained access to the Parisian museum on the morning of October 19 using a forklift installed on a public street, forced open the display cases containing the jewelry with a disc saw, and escaped on two motorcycles driven by their accomplices.
Among the pieces that were taken were a pearl diadem that belonged to Empress Eugenie and a set of sapphire necklace and earrings from Queen María Amelia.
During their escape, they dropped a crown that belonged to Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, which was damaged. Your restoration will be “delicate”Beccuau warned Wednesday.
“These jewels are, obviously, unsaleable. It should be remembered that (…) anyone who buys them would be guilty, in turn, of covering up this crime,” the prosecutor also said on Wednesday, before launching a call: “There is still time to return them“.
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