A couple embraced in front of the Louvre as visitors lined up to enter the famed Parisian museum, just days after a brazen heist saw historic jewels stolen in broad daylight. The incident occurred on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, in France’s capital. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
PARIS – On Sunday, the Paris prosecutor announced several arrests linked to last weekend’s audacious theft of royal jewels from the Louvre museum.
According to the prosecutor, authorities apprehended the suspects on Saturday evening. One of the individuals was reportedly attempting to flee the country via Roissy Airport.
Local news outlets, including BFM TV and Le Parisien, initially reported the detention of two suspects, although Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau did not specify the number of individuals taken into custody.
The thieves executed the daring heist in under eight minutes, making off with jewels valued at 88 million euros ($102 million). The audacity and scale of the theft have left the global community astounded.
Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal jewels valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) in a weekend heist at the world’s most visited museum — a crime that has shocked the world.
French officials described how the intruders used a basket lift to scale the Louvre’s façade, forced open a window, smashed display cases and fled last Sunday morning. The museum’s director called the incident a “terrible failure.”
Beccuau said investigators from the anti-gang brigade made the arrests. She rued in her statement the premature leak of information, saying it could hinder the work of over 100 investigators “mobilized to recover the stolen jewels and apprehend all of the perpetrators.”
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