{"id":29935,"date":"2025-10-30T04:54:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29935"},"modified":"2025-10-30T04:54:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:54:35","slug":"five-new-suspects-arrested-over-louvre-jewellery-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/10\/30\/five-new-suspects-arrested-over-louvre-jewellery-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Five new suspects arrested over Louvre jewellery theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Five<\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">\u00a0<\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">more suspects have been arrested over their involvement in the Louvre heist, Paris&#8217; public prosecutor has said.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They were arrested on Wednesday night in the Paris region, Laure Beccuau&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A main suspect was among those taken into custody, AFP reported. The new arrests come after two men\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c77z607g14go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;partially recognised&#8221; their involvement<\/a>\u00a0in the brazen theft on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Items worth \u20ac88m (\u00a376m; $102m) were taken from the world&#8217;s most-visited museum on 19 October, when four thieves broke into the building in broad daylight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The precious jewels had not been recovered yet, Beccuau told French radio station RTL on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She added that DNA from one of those arrested could be linked to the crime scene and that the person is thought to be part of the four-man team that carried out the heist, who were caught on CCTV.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-h5qd1q-ListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/resources\/idt-fde5876a-c35c-48a2-b4cf-d255bd25611b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Louvre gang carried out France&#8217;s most shocking theft<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The authorities believe that the gang involved in the heist could be bigger than those who physically stole the jewels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">French investigators are not giving many more details away at this stage but the new suspects can be detained for up to four days before being charged or released.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The first two people who were arrested over the heist &#8211; both men in their thirties with criminal records &#8211; are thought to be the pair who used power tools to enter the museum&#8217;s Apollon gallery and steal some of the French crown jewels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They were taken into custody late last week. Beccuau told a press conference on Wednesday that one of the men was arrested as he tried to board a one-way flight to Algeria, but that the other man had not been planning to leave France, contrary to earlier media reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There was no evidence at this stage to suggest the theft was an inside job, she added, confirming no accomplices worked at the museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On the day of the heist, the robbers arrived at 09:30 (08:30 GMT), just after the museum opened to visitors, Beccuau said at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The suspects arrived with a stolen vehicle-mounted mechanical lift to gain access to the Galerie d&#8217;Apollon (Gallery of Apollo) via a balcony close to the River Seine. The men used a disc cutter to crack open display cases housing the jewellery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Beccuau said the thieves were inside for four minutes and made their escape on two scooters waiting outside at 09:38, before switching to cars and heading east. Nobody had been threatened during the raid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Since the incident, security measures have been tightened around France&#8217;s cultural institutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France following the heist. They will now be stored in the Bank&#8217;s most secure vault, 26m (85ft) below the ground floor of its elegant headquarters in central Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cz91jnyelq2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Five\u00a0more suspects have been arrested over their involvement in the Louvre heist, Paris&#8217; public prosecutor has said. They were arrested on Wednesday night in the Paris region, Laure Beccuau&#8217;s office said. 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