Overview
- A 38-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man were placed in pretrial detention on accusations of organized theft and criminal association.
- Three others detained on October 29 were released after questioning for lack of evidence, according to prosecutors.
- Two men arrested earlier in the week were previously charged, and prosecutors say they partially confessed to involvement.
- Investigators have gathered more than 150 DNA, fingerprint and trace samples, identifying suspects via DNA from a getaway motorcycle and from broken display glass.
- Thieves used a truck-mounted lift to access the Apollo Gallery in under ten minutes, and only Empress Eugénie’s crown has been found, damaged.