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

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 theParis region but also in Normandy and the French Riviera.Police had identified two of the suspects from fingerprints left at the luxury apartment where Kardashian West had Euro 9 million 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.