Louvre Jewel Heist: French Police Arrest 5 More in Prompted-up Probe – National
Five more people have been arrested in connection with the crown jewel in Houvre, French prosecutors confirmed on Thursday.
Added to the group by one of the suspects, authorities say they were identified through DNA evidence collected at the scene.
A group of four cleaned the Louvre’s Apollo gallery on Oct. Oct 19 after breaking in through a broken window and making off with $102 worth of jewelry
Laure Beccua, the prosecutor of the canyon in the case, told RTL radio that finding the suspect linked to DNA “is one of the objectives of the investigators,” she said to her horror, “
He did not reveal their identities or provide any additional information.
The thieves started with the diamond and emerald necklace that Napoleon Bonaparte gave to Marie Louise as a wedding gift, and the Marie-Amélie jewels combined with Marie-Amyense, and took out the Pearl and Diam.
Separate operations in Paris and Seine-Saint-Saint-Denis led to seven arrests in connection with the heist.
However, the fact that the Jewellys remain unknown, except for the bitter one who laughs – Eugénie’s crown, damaged but twisted, the suspects who were repelled, the suspects threw during their escape.
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Police made the first two arrests in the case on Saturday, according to French media, including a man who was preparing to leave France at Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport.
Police work inside the Louvre Museum, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, Paris.
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It took the thieves – who used a basket lift to scale the exterior walls of the building – less than eight minutes to break into the world’s most visited museum, a museum director called “a terrible failure.”
Thieves stole the basket lift used to reach the lower floors of the building nine days before the breach.
Security footage shows the group climbing through the window of the Apollo gallery at 9:30 a.m. on the day of the attack. At 9:38, the suspects had left, carrying the loot, as they had left the coppers.
Only the arrival of the police and the simultaneous arrival of the police stopped the thieves from opening the place, and protected important evidence, the prosecutor said, “These treasures are now timeless.”
Experts warn that the gold can melt down and that precious stones can be tricked into erasing the past, which some tourists say will leave an indelible stain on France’s history.
“It is important to be our values … we wonder how this could happen – but it was important that the boys were caught,” Freddy Jacquemet told the organized press.
“I think the main thing now is if they can get the jewelry back,” said Diana Ramirez. “That’s what really matters.”
According to investigators, there is no evidence of insider assistance at this time; However, they did not rule out a wider network than the four suspects caught on security cameras.
After a brief closure, the Louvre reopened on Oct. 22.
– With files from the accompanying media
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