Kim Kardashian West robbery: 16 people arrested in France

Suspects held after police raids in Paris, Normandy and
French Riviera over gunpoint robbery of reality TV star

Kim Willsher in Paris
Monday 9 January 2017 09.30 GMT

French police have arrested 16 suspects in connection with the robbery of the US reality TV star Kim Kardashian West in Paris in October.

The suspects, a number of them reportedly well known to detectives for armed robbery, were picked up in coordinated early morning raids, most of them in the Paris region, but also in Normandy and the French Riviera.

Police had identified two of the suspects from fingerprints left at the luxury apartment from where Kardashian West had €9m (£7.8m) in jewels and valuables snatched during Paris fashion week, and immediately put them and their associates under surveillance. The oldest is said to be in his 60s.

Detectives can hold them for questioning for up to 96 hours.

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