One of the suspects arrested after an audacious jewel heist at the Louvre last month has been released without charge, his lawyers say.

Seven suspects in total were detained in connection with the robbery, and several of them appeared before magistrates at a Paris court earlier on Saturday.

Five of those suspects were arrested earlier this week, including the man who ended up being released, his lawyers Sofia Bougrine and Noemie Gorin said.

Five new arrests over Louvre robbery

French police have arrested five new people, including a main suspect, over this month's daring jewellery theft from the Louvre museum.

"In these serious crime cases, we find that waves of arrests look more like drift nets," Ms Bougrine said, pointing to what she claimed was the indiscriminate nature of the ar

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