The Paris prosecutor says two new suspects have been handed preliminary charges for their alleged involvement in the crown jewels heist at the Louvre museum.

Count of Paris Jean d'Orleans, head of the Royal House of France, looks at a photo of a 1958 exhibition in Lisbon that displayed jewellery worn by his grandmother and great-grandmother, and since stolen from the Louvre Museum,

None of France’s crown jewels have been recovered, though Paris’s public prosecutor said she remains hopeful they will be returned.

French soldiers from the "Sentinelle" security plan patrol past the glass Pyramid while people queue to enter the Louvre Museum as French police have arrested more suspects linked to the theft of treasures from the Louvre museum's Galerie d'Apollon (Apollo gallery),

The dragnet tightened around the Louvre thieves on Thursday. Five more people were seized in the crown-jewels heist — including a suspect tied by DNA — the Paris prosecutor said, widening the sweep across the capital and its suburbs.

The arrestees include a suspected member of the four-person team that conducted the daylight museum robbery, prosecutors said.

Two suspects in the Louvre jewel heist on Wednesday were handed preliminary charges of criminal conspiracy and theft committed by an organized gang, according to the Paris prosecutor's office. The prosecutor said they admitted their involvement.

The Paris prosecutor says two new suspects have been handed preliminary charges for their alleged involvement in the crown jewels heist at the Louvre museum. Laure Beccuau, the prosecutor, said in