Five more suspects have been arrested in connection to the historic theft of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum, French authorities announced on Thursday.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told RTL radio on Thursday that five arrests were made Wednesday night during coordinated raids in Paris and its northern suburbs. One suspect was identified through DNA traces recovered at the crime scene, but it remains unclear what role the other four played in the heist. The investigation was making progress after phones and other items seized from the suspects enabled investigators to study their encrypted communications, Beccuau added. 

Four masked thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris during opening hours on October 19, ransacking the Apollo Gallery for about $102 million worth of Napoleonic jewelry. Nine artifacts were taken from the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery, however the thieves dropped one artifact, a crown, in their haste. CCTV captured the thieves descending from a window in the gallery before fleeing the area on scooters. The remainder of the loot has yet to be recovered by authorities.

Two suspects were arrested in connection to the heist on October 25. One man was reportedly detained while preparing to board a flight to...