French police have arrested 17 people over the robbery of Kim Kardashian West, in which more than $US10 million ($14 million) worth of jewellery was stolen from a Paris apartment.
On October 3, attackers wearing ski masks and clothes with police markings forced their way into the private residence where Kardashian West was staying, tied her up, locked her in a bathroom and held her at gunpoint before taking off with her jewellery.
Monday's arrests took place at around 6:00am in different locations in the Paris region, police officials said. The suspects can be held for up to 96 hours before police must either charge them or let them go.
Media reports said police tracked down the suspects through DNA evidence found at the residence.
An official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to speak publicly about the investigation said many were already well known for robbery and other crimes.
Jean Veil, the French lawyer for Kardashian West, said the news of arrests was “a great satisfaction”.
“These arrests are a nice surprise because we might be able to find the jewels,” he told the French magazine L'Express.
PHOTO: Police arrested one person in a raid at this Paris apartment building in connection with the Kim Kardashian West theft. (AP Television)Mr Veil said his client could be heard again by investigators and might have to face the suspects.
Paris police and the prosecutor's office previously said five people directly took part in the robbery, including two who forced their way into the apartment.
Earlier this month, Kardashian West broke her silence on the robbery in a new teaser for the family's reality show, telling two of her sisters her thoughts at the time: “They're going to shoot me in the back. There's no way out”.
PHOTO: A house in southern France was also a focus of the Kim Kardashian West investigation. (AP Television)Police said the thieves stole a jewellery box containing valuables worth 6 million euros ($8 million) as well as a ring worth 4 million euros ($5 million).
The reality TV star was in Paris attending fashion week shows.
At the time, a spokeswoman for Kardashian West said she was badly shaken but physically unharmed during the incident.
The starlet has a habit of showing her jewels and whereabouts on social media, including days before the robbery when she posted pictures of herself attending fashion week shows.
PHOTO: French police officers stand outside Kardashian West's Paris residence. (AP: Michel Euler)Reuters/AP
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