Four More Arrested In $102M Louvre Museum Jewel Heist
PARIS (AP) — Four more people have been arrested in connection with the case, the Paris prosecutor announced Tuesday. stunning robbery Escaped by a gang from the Louvre Museum in October Jewelry worth 102 million dollars.
Laure Beccuau, the prosecutor who led the investigation, said that the two men and two women detained were from the Paris region and their ages ranged from 31 to 40.
His statement did not specify what role they were suspected to have played. October 19 theft. Police can hold them for 96 hours for questioning.
French media reported that one of those arrested, a 39-year-old man already known to the police, fourth member of the team He is thought to have carried out the daring daylight robbery and hails from Aubervilliers, a suburb north of Paris where the other suspects have connections.
Three other alleged members of the so-called “commando” team were previously arrested and face preliminary charges of theft by an organized gang and criminal conspiracy. Their DNA was found at the scene or on items linked to the robbery.
A woman arrested in October has been charged with complicity.
spoil could not be saved. This package includes the diamond and emerald necklace that Napoleon gave to Empress Marie-Louise, jewels attached to 19th-century Queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense, and Empress Eugénie’s pearl and diamond tiara.
Theft attracted attention Security at the LouvreIt is the most visited museum in the world.
thieves took less than eight minutes Breaking into and leaving the museum, using a freight elevator to reach the building’s window. Footage from museum cameras shows two men breaking into the ostentatious Apollo Gallery, cutting through jewelery display cases with disc cutters and making off with the treasure, while two drivers on scooters speed them away.
emerald set imperial crown A painting of Napoleon III’s wife, Empress Eugénie, containing more than 1,300 diamonds, was later found outside the museum.
