Paris (AFP) — One of five suspects arrested this week over the unprecedented jewel heist at the Louvre has been released without charge, his lawyers told AFP on Saturday.

Last month, thieves wielding power tools raided the Louvre, the world’s most visited art museum, in broad daylight, taking just seven minutes to steal jewellery worth an estimated $102 million.

French authorities initially announced the arrest of two suspects, and this week prosecutors said that police had arrested five more people, including a prime suspect.

One of the five suspects was released without charge on Friday, said his lawyers, Sofia Bougrine and Noemie Gorin.

“In these serious crime cases, we find that waves of arrests look more like drift nets,” Bougrine told AFP, pointing to what she said was the indisc

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