Police track global network over Louvre heist

PARIS- French police have arrested five more suspects linked to the high-profile jewellery heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris earlier this month. 

The investigation continues as authorities search for the missing jewels.

READ| Louvre jewel heist valued at $102m: French prosecutor

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the five suspects detained on Wednesday included a main suspect whose DNA linked him to the brazen seven-minute heist, though none of the loot had been found.

"We had him in our sights," she said.

  • eNCA correspondent Ross Cullen has more from Paris.
  • Additional reporting AFI

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