PARIS (AP) 鈥� The Paris prosecutor announced four more arrests Tuesday in connection with at the Louvre Museum in October by a gang that made off with .
The two men and two women taken into custody are from the Paris region and range in age from 31 to 40, said the prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, whose office is heading the investigation.
Her statement didn’t say what role they’re suspected of having played in . Police can hold them for questioning for 96 hours.
French media report that one of those arrested, a 39-year-old already known to police services, is believed to be the thought to have carried out the daring daylight robbery and is from Aubervilliers, a suburb north of Paris other suspects have connections with.
The other three alleged members of the so-called 鈥渃ommando鈥� team have been previously arrested and face preliminary charges of theft by an organized gang and criminal conspiracy. Their DNA has been found on the scene or on items linked to the robbery.
A woman arrested in October is accused of complicity.
The hasn’t been recovered. It includes a diamond-and-emerald necklace Napoleon gave to Empress Marie-Louise, jewels tied to 19th-century Queens Marie-Am茅lie and Hortense, and Empress Eug茅nie鈥檚 pearl-and-diamond tiara.
The robbery has focused attention on , the world’s most-visited museum.
The thieves took to force their way into the museum and leave, using a freight lift to reach the building’s window. Footage from museum cameras showed two broke into the ornate Apollo Gallery, cutting into the jewelry display cases with disc cutters and making off with the trove, while two riders on scooters whisked them away.
The emerald-set of Napoleon III鈥檚 wife, Empress Eug茅nie, containing more than 1,300 diamonds, was later found outside the museum.
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