Louvre moves jewels to ultra-secure Bank of France vault
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The Paris prosecutor said multiple suspects were arrested on Saturday evening, and hit out at leaks to the media.
One of the suspects, who has not yet been identified, was caught at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport just as he was about to board a flight to Algeria.
Four thieves broke into the famed Paris museum last week and stole over $100 million in historical jewelry, shocking France and the world. It is unclear how many people were arrested.
Thieves stole around 2,000 gold and silver coins worth more than $100,000 from Maison des Lumières in France — just hours after the Louvre heist on Oct. 19 — but the theft was undetected for two days.
The Louvre Museum heist was a classic case of German efficiency. That at least is how a German freight lift manufacturer jokingly portrayed it in an ad.
In France, Louvre reopens after weekend robbery The Louvre Museum in Paris reopened Wednesday after thieves stole crown jewels worth $102 million in just seven minutes last weekend. Over 100 investigators are working on the case as forensics experts analyze surveillance footage,
"I saw one of the criminals turn around with something that looked to me like a chainsaw, then I yelled at my colleagues to get out," she recalled. She shouted a second time that it was a robbery and that they should run.
Authorities were racing Monday to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from the museum before they can be broken up and melted down.