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Two suspects arrested in Louvre museum jewellery heist

Source: France 24

Updated 3 hr ago

People queue outside the Louvre museum three days after historic jewels were stolen in a daring daylight heist, Wednesday, October 22, 2025 in Paris. © Thibault Camus, APAP25295363196297

French authorities have detained two men in connection to the recent theft of precious jewellery from the Louvre museum in Paris, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday.

French authorities have detained two men in connection to the recent theft of precious jewellery from the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday.

One of the suspects was apprehended around 10pm (2000 GMT) on Saturday at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport as he was about to board a plane abroad, French media Le Parisien and Paris Match reported, and the second was arrested not long after in the Paris region, according to Le Parisien.

(FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP)