Paris: 2 arrested in Louvre museum jewellery heist

French police has arrested two individuals on Saturday evening in connection with the high-profile Louvre jewel heist. The Paris prosecutor said on Sunday that two suspects have been arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Louvre museum. As per information, one suspect was arrested Saturday at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport as he was about to board a plane abroad.The other suspect was arrested later in the evening in the Seine-Saint-Denis suburb north of Paris, Le Parisien newspaper reported on Sunday, citing sources close to the investigation.Both men, believed to be around 30 years old, are suspected of being part of a four-member gang that carried out the audacious robbery, which involved the theft of jewels valued at approximately $102 million in just seven minutes.

Two suspects arrested for Louvre heist

One suspect was reportedly nabbed at Charles de Gaulle Airport attempting to board a flight to Algeria following the £76 million jewel theft pic.twitter.com/0kVYUlrmtZ

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The robbers used a stolen movers’ truck with an extendable ladder to break into a first-floor gallery, authorities said.Investigators said the thieves used a basket lift to scale the Seine-facing side of the building, broke open a window, smashed two display cases, and escaped on motorcycles within minutes. During their escape, the thieves dropped a diamond- and emerald-studded crown but successfully made off with eight other pieces, including an emerald-and-diamond necklace once given by Napoleon Bonaparte to his wife, Empress Marie-Louise.The brazen theft has made headlines across the world and sparked a debate in France about the security of cultural institutions.