Four more suspects arrested over Louvre heist

Four more people have been detained in France as a result of the $ 102 million daylight robbery of royal jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris last month.

As part of the investigation into the heist, which saw thieves steal eight items, including an emerald and diamond necklace given by Napoleon I to his second wife, Empress Marie-Louise, by French prosecutor Laure Beccuau, on Tuesday, two men aged 38 and 39 and two women aged 31 and 40 were detained.

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Beccuau said that all four suspects hail from Paris. Four additional people had previously been detained and subject to formal investigation following the four-person’s raid on the world’s most popular art museum.

Two men parked a mover’s lift below the French crown jewels’ residence on October 19th. With angle grinders, they climbed into a second storey using a bucket, smashed a window, and cut open display cases. They escaped on scooters driven by two accomplices.

Overall, less than seven minutes were used for the operation. As they fled, Thieves dropped a jewel-encrusted crown that had once been owned by Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III. The remaining loot has not been located.

Three men, three women, and three men are the four people who are currently facing theft charges. This month, it became known that the woman and one of the men, a 37-year-old, were a couple and had children. After their DNA was discovered in the robbery basket lift, the couple was detained.

The man’s criminal record, according to Beccuau, contained 11 previous theft convictions, the majority of which were for theft. The first two men detained earlier were known to the police for their thefts, and they both resided in Aubervilliers, a suburb of northeast Paris.

The heist caused controversy around the world and brought attention to French museum security, which has seen a number of break-ins at cultural institutions.