Two suspects have been arrested Saturday night time (October 25) in reference to the audacious $100 million crown jewels heist at Paris’ Louvre Museum, with one nabbed whereas trying to board a flight to Algeria.

The males, each of their 30s from Seine-Saint-Denis, a tough suburb north of Paris, have been detained as a part of an investigation into “organized gang robbery” and “conspiracy to commit a crime.” Police obtained a tip Saturday about one suspect planning to flee the nation and arrested him at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport as he ready to board a airplane certain for Algeria.

The second suspect was arrested shortly afterward in Paris. Two different suspects stay at giant.

The arrests come precisely one week after the Hollywood-style heist that shocked the artwork world. On October 19, 4 thieves wearing yellow vests and bike helmets executed the brazen daylight theft in lower than 4 minutes. Using a cherry picker, they scaled the museum’s Apollo Gallery and broke into glass shows with chain saws as horrified vacationers watched.

The crew made off with eight items from France’s Crown Jewels assortment, together with a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring linked to Nineteenth-century Queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense. They additionally stole Empress Eugénie’s diamond diadem and her giant corsage-bow brooch.

One piece of stolen jewellery—Eugénie’s emerald-set imperial crown containing greater than 1,300 diamonds—was later discovered exterior the museum, broken however recoverable.

The thieves descended utilizing the identical cherry picker earlier than trying to burn the bucket truck throughout their escape, fleeing on two scooters parked close by.

According to Le Parisien, the alleged thieves are identified to police for previous robberies and are believed to have performed the high-profile heist on fee. Officials collected almost 150 traces of DNA, fingerprints and hair samples from the scene.

Hair believed to belong to the primary thief was present in a bike helmet discarded close to the scene. The two arrested males are being held at police headquarters, the place they are often detained for as much as 96 hours with out costs being filed.

Police haven’t but recovered the stolen jewellery or publicly recognized the opposite two suspects or the mastermind behind the operation.

Since the heist, safety has elevated round France’s cultural establishments. Museum officers moved the remaining French Crown Jewels to an ultra-secure Bank of France vault.

A preliminary report by France’s Court of Auditors discovered the world’s most visited museum had insufficient video surveillance methods and safety spending was a lot decrease in 2024 than 20 years earlier.

France’s Minister of the Interior Laurent Nuñez celebrated the arrests Sunday morning (October 26) on Twitter, writing: “I extend my warmest congratulations to the investigators who have worked tirelessly as I requested and who have always had my full confidence.”

However, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau criticized media leaks concerning the arrests, stating: “This revelation can only hinder the investigative efforts of the 100 or so mobilized investigators, both in the search for the stolen jewelry and for all the perpetrators.”

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