Louvre Heist: Two Arrested After Robbery at Paris Museum, Say French Media
- French authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris last week.
- One of the suspects was preparing to board a flight at Charles de Gaulle Airport when arrested, suggesting an attempt to flee the country.
- The audacious daylight robbery, carried out by four thieves using power tools, has been described as a national embarrassment by France's Justice Minister.
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The French police arrested two suspects in connection with the Crown Jewel Theft in the Louvre in Paris, according to information from judicial circles. Representatives of the investigating authorities told the AFP news agency that the two men were in custody because of the suspicion of gang theft and the formation of a criminal association.
Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris' Louvre museum
PARIS — Suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday, a week after the heist at the world’s most visited museum that stunned the word. The prosecutor said that investigators made the arrests on Saturday evening, adding that one of the men taken into custody was preparing to leave the country from Roissy Airport. French media BFM TV and Le Parisien newspape…
One week after the spectacular flight of eight jewels from the French crown to the Louvre Museum on 19 October in Paris, two men suspected of being part of the commando were arrested and placed in police custody.
Multiple Suspects Arrested in Louvre Crown Jewel Heist
(Substack)—Paris police moved swiftly Saturday evening, nabbing at least two men in their thirties linked to the audacious smash-and-grab at the Louvre that stripped France of treasures tied to its imperial past. One suspect was collared at Charles de Gaulle Airport, luggage in hand, on the verge of jetting off to Africa with who knows what tucked away. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the detentions but kept the tally close to the vest, …
'They would be part of the four thieves' gang. The two, originally from Seine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris banlieue, are prejudiced. Their profile is that of executioners of blows on commission. Among the tracks followed, the accomplice within the museum. The furious prosecutor after the disclosure of the news (ANSA)
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