Updated On: 27 October, 2025 08:27 AM IST | Paris | Agencies
French authorities have arrested suspects linked to the daring theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, stolen in less than eight minutes. One suspect was caught preparing to flee the country, as investigators continue probing the USD 102 million heist

Security staff ask people to leave a courtyard of the Louvre after the museum in Paris remained closed, on October 20. PIC/AFP
Suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday, a week after the heist at the world’s most visited museum that stunned the world.
The prosecutor said that investigators made the arrests on Saturday evening, adding that one of the men taken into custody was preparing to leave the country from Roissy Airport. A special police unit in charge of armed robberies, serious burglaries and art thefts made the arrests.