French police have taken five additional suspects into custody in connection with the $102 million jewel theft from the Louvre’s Apollo gallery, the Paris prosecutor said on Thursday, adding that they hope the arrests will aid in recovering the stolen pieces.

Four hooded thieves made off with their booty during opening hours on the morning of October 19, exposing security lapses at the world’s most-visited museum in a brazen daylight heist that sent shockwaves around the world and prompted soul-searching in France over what some viewed as a national humiliation.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told radio station RTL on Thursday the latest suspects had been arrested in coordinated raids in Paris and its northern suburbs on Wednesday evening. One of them was identified through DNA trace

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