Daily London
The Paris prosecutor announced the arrests this evening, after thieves stole $155 million worth of the French crown jewels from the world’s most visited museum on October 19.
The five were detained late on Wednesday night (Thursday morning AEDT) in Paris and the Paris region, Prosecutor Laure Beccuau told RTL radio.
She did not release their identities or other details.
Beccuau said they admitted their involvement.
She told a news conference that the two are believed to be the men who forced their way into the Louvre during the heist.
The jewels stolen in the robbery remain missing.
