Dozens of investigators had been tasked with tracking down the thieves who successfully robbed the Louvre in broad daylight on October 19...
Paris: In a major development, the authorities announced on Sunday that several suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum.
The prosecutor said that investigators made the arrests on Saturday evening.
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One of the suspects was held around 10:00 pm (2000 GMT) at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport as he was about to board a plane abroad. The second was arrested not long after in the Paris region, according to Le Parisien.
Several investigators are tasked with tracking down the thieves who successfully robbed the Louvre on October 19, making off with royal jewels worth an estimated $102 million in just seven minutes.
The robbers had clambered up the extendable ladder of a stolen movers' truck and, using cutting equipment, broke into a first-floor gallery.
They dropped a diamond- and emerald-studded crown as they fled down the ladder and onto scooters, but managed to steal eight other pieces, include an emerald-and-diamond necklace that Napoleon Bonaparte gave his wife, Empress Marie-Louise.
Published: 26 Oct 2025, 03:30 pm IST
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