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Many of those arrested in coordinated police raids in several
different parts of France were known underworld figures aged
around 50 and at least three were women, police and judicial
sources said.
French radio and TV reports on Monday said DNA traces from the
scene of the heist led police to the suspects and that they
would be held for questioning, possibly for as much as four
days.
A police source said one of those detained was Kardashian's
chauffeur when she was visiting Paris in October for Fashion
Week and that police were trying to establish whether he had
passed on information to the gang.
Kardashian, 36, was photographed frequently while on the Paris
trip, attending fashion shows and parties. She also posted
numerous pictures to her social media accounts.
Jean Veil, a French lawyer for Kardashian, told France 2
television: "She (Kardashian) is very happy, very satisfied and
to a certain extent reassured by the efficiency of the French
police."
Thieves wearing ski masks and clothes with police markings burst
into the luxury property where Kardashian, who is married to U.S
rap star Kanye West, was sleeping in the early hours of Oct. 3.
They tied her up at gunpoint before making off with her
engagement ring and other jewels, police said at the time. They
fled on bicycles with jewelry worth 9 million euros ($9.5
million).
Kardashian was badly shaken but physically unharmed. She has
mostly since kept a low public profile but broke her silence on
the robbery in a promotional clip for the upcoming season of her
reality TV show "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," which was
released on Friday.
"They're going to shoot me in the back. There's no way out," a
tearful Kardashian tells her family, recalling the robbery. "It
makes me so upset to think about it."
The robbery made world headlines and unwanted publicity for one
of the world's most visited cities, where hotels and the wider
tourist sector have struggled to make a comeback commercially
after deadly attacks by Islamic militants in 2015.
(Reporting by Simon Carraud and Andrew Callus in Paris and
Matthias Galante in Nice; Additional reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy
in Los Angeles; Writing by Brian Love; Editing by Richard
Balmforth and Bill Trott)
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