Five new suspects have been arrested in connection with the Louvre heist in Paris , officials said Thursday, though the jewels themselves remain missing.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau gave the update to the French radio station RTL. She said that the arrests were made Wednesday in a series of police operations in Paris and surrounding areas.

Beccuau did not provide details on their identities but said that one had been tracked using DNA from the scene, leading authorities to suspect that they were part of the four-person team of thieves that carried out the stunning heist.

“The searches that were conducted during the night didn’t allow us to find the loot,” Beccuau added.

Two others suspected of breaking into the Galerie D’Apollon, both former delivery drivers, have “partially conf

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