French authorities have arrested five additional suspects in connection with the audacious daylight theft of French crown jewels from the Louvre Museum’s Apollo Gallery —but the priceless treasures remain missing.

The arrests took place late Wednesday in coordinated police operations across Paris and nearby suburbs, including Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau told RTL radio.

The suspects’ identities have not been released.

Beccuau said one of the detainees is believed to have been part of the four-person crew that carried out the October 19 robbery, a heist that stunned France and the world. Two other alleged members of the gang were arrested Sunday and formally charged Wednesday with criminal conspiracy and organized theft.

Both have partially confessed, according to

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