Several suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre in Paris last weekend, French officials said on Sunday.
Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said investigators made the arrests on Saturday evening, including a man who was taken into custody as he was about to leave the country from Charles de Gaulle airport.
Beccuau did not confirm the number of arrests, although French media BFM TV and Le Parisien newspaper previously reported that two suspects had been arrested and taken into custody. She will not say whether the jewelry has been recovered.
It took thieves less than eight minutes to steal jewelry worth 88 million euros ($102 million) – a high-profile heist that sparked national reckoning and stunned the world.
BRAZEN LOUVRE ROBBERY CREW MAY HAVE BEEN HIRED BY COLLECTOR, PROSECUTOR SAYS
A police park in the courtyard of the Louvre, a week after the robbery, Sunday, October 26, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
The crew of thieves used a basket lift to scale the facade of the Louvre, forced open a window, smashed display cases and fled, French officials said. The director of the Louvre, Laurence des Cars, acknowledged that there had been a “terrible failure” in the museum’s security.
Beccuau said investigators from a special police unit charged with armed robberies, serious burglaries and art thefts made the arrests. She said the premature leak of information could hamper the work of more than a hundred investigators, “mobilized to recover the stolen jewelry and arrest all perpetrators.”
Beccuau said further details will be revealed after the suspects’ custody period ends.
Police secured the area outside the Louvre in Paris last week, where burglars used a truck-mounted moving elevator to reach a second-floor window and steal royal jewelry worth more than $100 million. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)
LOUVRE DIRECTOR GRILLED ON SPECTACULAR SECURITY FAILURES, INCLUDING CAMERA POINTING AWAY FROM KEY BALCONY
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez praised investigators for their tireless work, adding that they always had his “full confidence.”
Police officers stand at the Louvre Museum pyramid after the theft of Crown Jewels on October 19, 2025. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)
The thieves made off with a total of eight items, including a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a set linked to 19th-century queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense. They also stole an emerald necklace and earrings tied to Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife, and a reliquary brooch. Empress Eugénie’s diamond diadem and her large brooch with corsage bow – an imperial ensemble of rare craftsmanship – were also part of the loot.
Eugénie’s emerald-set imperial crown with more than 1,300 diamonds was later found outside the museum, damaged but repairable.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
This is a breaking news story; check back for updates.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
