PARIS — Two suspects in last month’s daylight robbery at Paris’ Louvre Museum are being brought before a judge to face formal charges, French media reported Saturday.
According to BFMTV, several other individuals detained in connection with the case have since been released.
Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced Thursday that five additional arrests had been made, though the stolen jewels — valued at €88 million ($102.3 million) — remain missing.
The heist, which took place on Oct. 19, targeted eight pieces of jewelry, including a necklace and an earring from the Marie-Louise collection, a necklace, a pair of earrings, and a tiara from the Marie-Amelie and Hortense collections.
Authorities said the thieves also took two brooches, one described as a reliquary brooch, a bodice bow, and a tiara from Empress Eugenie’s collection.
Two men, aged 34 and 39, were first arrested on Oct. 25 and have been charged with organized robbery and conspiracy to commit a crime.
They have been held in custody since Wednesday and have “partially admitted to the facts,” according to the prosecutor.
The investigation into what authorities are calling one of the most audacious art crimes in recent French history remains ongoing. — Agencies