On October 26, two suspects were arrested in connection with a theft at the Louvre Museum in Paris (France) last weekend, in which a gang of four men took away an estimated 88 million euros ($102.3 million) worth of royal jewelry - according to information from the Paris prosecutor's office.
Local police said that the two men, both in their 30s, from the Seine-Saint-Denis area in the suburbs of the capital, were arrested on the evening of October 25 (local time) as part of an investigation conducted by the Paris Organized Crime Control Team.
One of the two suspects was arrested at around 10pm (local time) at Charles de Gaulle airport while preparing to board a flight abroad.
The theft occurred at 9:30 a.m. (local time) on October 19.
At that time, the group of criminals drove a truck carrying stolen furniture, was tied to a ladder and needed to lift it, stopping right in front of the world's most famous museum. Two of them climbed to the first floor of the Apollo exhibition area, where the royal treasures were kept.
Wearing reflective vests to pose as construction workers, the subjects broke a window that was not locked, then used a cutter to break two display cabinets in a luxurious room, before climbing down the elevator and escaping on two motorbikes waiting by their accomplices.
