5 more suspects arrested in Louvre heist
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The late-night operations in Paris and nearby Seine-Saint-Denis raised the total number of people arrested to seven.
Multiple people have now been arrested over a jewellery heist at Paris’s famed Louvre Museum. However, the lavish jewels that once adorned France’s royals are still missing.
Days after eight pieces of the French crown jewels were stolen from the Louvre, a former bank robber who once toured the now-infamous Apollo Gallery for a Louvre podcast says he warned a museum official of weaknesses in security.
One suspect was arrested in Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport as he was preparing to leave the country, French authorities said.
An audacious heist at the Louvre saw thieves make off with priceless crown jewels in broad daylight – here is how a decades-old geometry problem can help museums boost their security.