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French investigators announced Thursday that five more suspects have been arrested in connection with the audacious daytime robbery of the French crown jewels from the Louvre museum, although the priceless treasures are still missing.
Prosecutor Laure Becuau told RTL radio that police made the arrests in separate operations in Paris and neighboring areas, including the Seine-Saint-Denis region. The identities of the suspects have not been released.
One of the newly arrested men is suspected of being part of a four-person team that stormed the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in broad daylight on October 19 and stole 88 million euros ($102 million) worth of jewels in less than eight minutes.
“Searches last night and throughout the night failed to find the items,” Becuau said.
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People walk through the courtyard of the Louvre Museum amid rain in Paris on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Anna)
Two other members of the team were arrested on Sunday and charged on Wednesday with preliminary charges of criminal conspiracy and theft by an organized gang. Becuau said both admitted their involvement in the robbery, at least to some extent.
One suspect, a 34-year-old Algerian national who had been living in France since 2010, was arrested at Charles de Gaulle Airport while attempting to flee to Algeria on a one-way ticket. He lived in the northern Paris suburb of Aubervilliers and was previously known to the police for traffic violations. His DNA was recovered from the scooter used in the getaway.
Paris prosecutor Laure Becuau speaks on the judicial investigation into the robbery at the Louvre museum during a news conference at the Paris courthouse on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Emma da Silva)
A second suspect, 39, was arrested at his home in Aubervilliers. He was known to the police for several thefts earlier also. Investigators matched her DNA to a glass display case that held the stolen jewelry as well as items left behind by the thieves, the prosecutor said.
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The thieves used a basket lift to scale the museum’s exterior, forced open a window and used cutting tools to pry open display cases in the Apollo Gallery. They escaped with eight historical pieces, including:
– A sapphire tiara, necklace and earring set belonging to Queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense
– An emerald necklace and earrings from Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon’s second wife
– a relic brooch
– Queen Eugenie’s diamond tiara and elaborate corsage-bow brooch
Eugenie’s emerald-encrusted tiara – studded with over 1,300 diamonds – was later found damaged but recoverable outside the museum.
Louvre director Laurence des Cars admitted a “catastrophic failure” in museum security. However, Bekuau said there was no evidence that the theft was an inside job.
A police car parks in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum, a week after the robbery, in Paris on Sunday, October 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
In a direct appeal to those possessing the missing jewellery, Bekuau warned on Wednesday night that they were “not for sale” due to their historical importance and urged their return.
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“Whoever buys these will be guilty of concealing stolen goods,” he said. “There’s still time to give back to them.”
Anders Hagstrom of Fox News Digital and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
