Paris judicial police have made two arrests in connection with last Sunday’s spectacular robbery at the Paris Louvre Museum, as perpetrators got away with priceless royal jewels and stirred up a political crisis in France, also raising eyebrows around the world in what was dubbed ‘the heist of the century’.
According to Le Parisien, the two men, residents of the greater Paris area, who were arrested last night in an apartment, are suspected of belonging to the four-member team of perpetrators who broke into the country’s most famous museum, stealing the jewels estimated in value at over 100 million euro.
The same reports claim that one of those arrested was in the final planning stages of fleeing to Algeria.
The investigation has intensified over the past few days, with the suspects taken into custody as part of the inquiry into “theft by an organised gang” and “formation of a criminal organization with the intent to commit a crime,” under the supervision of the Criminal Investigation Brigade (BRB) and the Central Office for Combating Cultural Property Trafficking (OCBC).
In their 30s, the two individuals, residents of Seine-Saint-Denis, are believed to have participated in the heist, gaining access through a window by using a truck with a lifting platform.
They initially denied wrongdoing and have since sought legal counsel.
Wearing yellow vests and motorcycle helmets, the robbers smashed the window leading to the “Apollo” gallery, and seized royal jewels that belonged to French monarchs.
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