STORY: Police have arrested five more suspects linked to the theft of treasures worth $102 million (87.82 million euros) from the Louvre museum's Apollo gallery, the Paris prosecutor said on Thursday (October 30), expressing hope the latest developments will help them find the jewels.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told radio station RTL the suspects, one of whom was identified through DNA traces left at the crime scene, had been arrested in coordinated raids in different parts of the capital on Wednesday (October 29) evening.

Shortly before the latest arrests were made, Beccuau revealed that two other men detained over the weekend in connection with the heist had "partially admitted" their involvement in the robbery. One of the pair had been trying to fly out of France when detained.

"At that point, we obviously had to speed up the arrest operations," Beccuau told RTL.

She said the jewels were still missing, but expressed optimism those arrested might be able to provide more information about the sequence of events.

The heist exposed security lapses at the world's most-visited museum and was seen by many as a cause for national humiliation.

Four people carried out the robbery, but Beccuau has said she did not rule out the possible involvement of a wider network, including a person who could have ordered the theft and been the mastermind behind it.

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VIDEO SHOWS: RECENT IMAGES OF LOUVRE MUSEUM / MUSEUM WINDOW THROUGH WHICH THIEVES WERE SUSPECTED TO HAVE BROKEN IN / POLICE ON SITE / X POST FROM FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER, LAURENT NUNEZ / PARIS PROSECUTOR, LAURE BECCUAU, SPEAKING ABOUT ARRESTS AFTER HEIST / FILE OF SOME OF STOLEN JEWELS

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1. CRANE USED BY LOUVRE MUSEUM THIEVES OUTSIDE LOUVRE MUSEUM

2. POLICE OFFICERS STANDING NEXT TO CRANE

3. BALCONY AT LOUVRE MUSEUM WITH BROKEN WINDOW VISIBLE

4. BROKEN WINDOW THROUGH WHICH THIEVES WHERE SUSPECTED TO HAVE BROKEN IN

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5. X POST BY FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER, LAURENT NUNEZ, READING (French): "The investigation into the Louvre case continues: five people were arrested last night, as announced by the Paris public prosecutor. I reiterate my full support for the investigators, who are demonstrating exceptional dedication. Bravo!"

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6. LOUVRE PYRAMID

7. VISITOR POSING FOR PHOTOS

8. LOUVRE PYRAMID

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9. JOURNALIST ASKING (French): "Five arrests last night at around 9 p.m., can you confirm that to us this morning?"

(SOUNDBITE) (French) PARIS PROSECUTOR, LAURE BECCUAU, SAYING:

"Yes, I'm confirming it, arrests have now been made after a letter of request of the two examining magistrates who were designated. They took place in Paris and in the Parisian region, and especially in the 93 (Seine-Saint-Denis department)."

JOURNALIST ASKING: "So the five were together?"

BECCUAU SAYING: "Actually, there were several goals for which investigators aimed, and so they were arrested during that evening."

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10. CRANE ON STREET NEXT TO LOUVRE FACADE

11. POLICE ON SITE

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12. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PARIS PROSECUTOR, LAURE BECCUAU, SAYING:

"One of them were indeed one of the targets of the investigators because we had traces of his DNA that links him, we think, to the theft that has been committed."

JOURNALIST ASKING: "So what you're saying is that one of them clearly was part of the Louvre commando team of four?"

BECCUAU SAYING: "That's what we assume, and this person is one of the suspects we had on our radar, if I may say so, during the investigations that were conducted. As for the other people detained, these people may eventually inform us about how the incident took place."

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13. CRANE

14. POLICE ON SITE

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15. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PARIS PROSECUTOR, LAURE BECCUAU, SAYING:

"I won't hide the fact that the investigation saw an acceleration once the investigators learned that one of our suspects was taking a flight to Algeria, especially without a return flight. At that point, we obviously had to speed up the arrest operations."

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16. VARIOUS OF JEWEL-ENCRUSTED BROOCH WORN BY EMPRESS EUGENIE, WHICH WAS STOLEN FROM LOUVRE MUSEUM, ON DISPLAY AT APOLLO GALLERY

17. TIARA WORN BY EMPRESS EUGENIE, WHICH WAS STOLEN, ON DISPLAY

18. CROWN WORN BY EMPRESS EUGENIE, WHICH WAS TARGETED BY THIEVES BUT WAS DROPPED DURING THEIR ESCAPE, ON DISPLAY

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19. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PARIS PROSECUTOR, LAURE BECCUAU, SAYING:

"The police searches that took place that took place in the evening and through the night did not allow us to find the loot of this robbery."

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20. VARIOUS OF LOUVRE

21. PEOPLE WALKING