Two male suspects in their thirties were arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, justice and police officials said Sunday

They are French nationals who live in Seine Saint Denis, a suburb of Paris, one has French and Algerian citizenship, the other French and Malian citizenship

Investigators made arrests Saturday evening, one of the men taken into custody at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport as he was boarding a plane bound for Algeria, second suspect was arrested preparing to to travel to Mali

Suspects are known two police, one suspect was identified through DNA traces, forensics experts have been analyzing 150 samples at the scene

Louvre is world’s most visited museum, but in broad daylight the thieves took less than eight minutes to steal $102 million, (€88 million), worth of crown jewels in a weekend heist

Recovery of stolen items has not been announced, but French authorities are still searching for two members of the four-man gang and investigating possible insider collaboration

One week after the robbery, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025 in Paris, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday that a number of suspects have been arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum

Parisians reacted on Sunday to the news that suspects had been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre museum, a week after the daring heist sparked a massive manhunt.
The Ministry of Justice and French police announced Sunday that two suspects were in custody in connection with the audacious theft of the country’s crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum last week, a heist that stunned the world and sparked a massive manhunt.
The Paris prosecutor said that investigators made two arrests Saturday evening, adding that one of the men taken into custody around 10 pm as he was boarding a plane bound for Algeria at Charles de Gaulle Airport, in Paris. The second suspect was arrested shortly after at an address in the Paris suburbs, while he was preparing to flee to Mali.
Police are still hunting for the other half of the four man gang who carried out the jewelry heist.

Visitors were back in the courtyard of the Louvre museum, one week after the robbery. The Paris prosecutor announced on Sunday that a number of suspects have been arrested over the theft of crown jewels from the museum last weekend

Around 9.30 am that Sunday, October 19, thieves dressed like construction workers parked a work truck equipped with a mobile freight elevator, not an uncommon sight in city, on the sidewalk at the foot of the iconic Louvre Museum, on Quai François Mitterrand alongside the Seine River in Paris.
After placing traffic cones around the truck to simulate a maintenance operation, two people climb a ladder to reach a balcony and gain entry through a window.
According to Paris prosecutor Laurence Beccuau, the thieves earlier used a false pretext to steal a mobile freight elevator or basket lift.
The suspects set an appointment with an equipment leasing company in the town of Louvres, about 12 miles north of Paris. However, on arrival the suspects hijacked the truck, using threats but no violence. The company subsequently reported the basket lift stolen.
The Louvre is world’s most visited museum, but in broad daylight the thieves took less than eight minutes to steal $102 million, (€88 million), worth of crown jewels in a weekend heist.
French officials have described how the intruders rode a basket lift up the Louvre’s façade, forced open a window, smashed display cases and fled on Sunday morning, having spent less than four minutes picking choice items inside the museum.

Brazen thieves use mobile freight elevator to scale the façade of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France around 9.30 am on Sunday Oct 19, to steal the items from Crown jewels collection worth over $100 million

did not confirm the number of arrests and did not say whether any jewels had been recovered.
A police source speaking anonymously confirmed two men in their 30s, had been taken into custody. The suspects are jewel thieves known to police with histories of jewel burglaries.
One of the suspects was identified through DNA traces. Forensics experts had been were analyzing 150 samples at the scene as revealed by Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccuau Beccuau earlier this week.
Both suspects, whose names have not been publicly released, are French nationals who live in Seine Saint Denis, a suburb of Paris.
One suspect has has dual citizenship in France and Mali, the other a dual citizen of France and Algeria, both known to police from past burglary cases.
Investigators matched trace DNA evidence recovered from a helmet left at the crime scene to one of the suspects, enabling police to put the alleged thief under phone and physical surveillance.

Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccuau Beccuau, [photo], earlier this week said Forensics experts had been were analyzing 150 DNA samples left at the crime scene

The robbery happened 30 minutes after the museum opened for the day, yet the team of four thieves successfully stole eight pieces of Napoleonic jewelry.
The art thieves cut through the balcony’s window with an angle grinder, entering the Apollon Gallery, which contains the royal jewels. They stole nine items, including a tiara and brooch from Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III, but lost her imperial crown in the scuffle, leaving with eight pieces.
Thieves took less than eight minutes last Sunday morning to steal jewels valued at $102 million, valued at even more due to their significance in the national heritage of France.

It took the team of four thieves , just eight minutes to make off with nine items from the collection of Crown Jewels. So far only one item, [top right] has been recovered – The thieves dropped the crown during their getaway

According to French authorities, the art thieves used a basket lift to scale the Louvre’s façade, forced open a window, smashed display cases, escaping with a total of eight objects.
The French Culture Ministry listed nine stolen items as the Emerald necklace of Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon I’s second wife, Emerald earrings worn by Empress Marie-Louise, Crown worn by Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, Brooch of Empress Eugenie, Crown worn by Queen Marie-Amelie, queen of France 1830-1848, and Queen Hortense, Sapphire necklace worn by Queen Marie-Amelie and Queen Hortense, Sapphire earring worn by Queen Marie-Amelie and Queen Hortense, Reliquary brooch.
One piece of Eugénie’s imperial ensemble, the emerald-set imperial crown with more than 1,300 diamonds, was later found outside the museum, damaged but repairable.

French police gather evidence at the access point for the thieves who robbed the Louvre Museum in Paris

Beccuau said investigators from a special police unit in charge of armed robberies, serious burglaries and art thefts made the arrests.
In her statement, she rued 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.” Beccuau said further details will be unveiled after the suspects’ custody period ends.
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez praised “the investigators who have worked tirelessly, just as I asked them to, and who have always had my full confidence.”
The Louvre reopened earlier this week after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world with its audacity and scale.

As the thieves made their getaway, bystanders filmed the two men exiting on the same furniture elevator they had used just seven minutes earlier to scale the façade of Paris’ Louvre museum and steal the crown jewels on October 19

As the thieves made their getaway, bystanders filmed the group exiting the museum on the same furniture elevator just seven minutes after entering
Before the group fled on high powered motorbikes, they briefly attempted to destroy their equipment by torching the furniture elevator, but were unsuccessful.
The prosecutor had said she was optimistic the perpetrators would be apprehended because investigators already recovered “more than 150 samples of DNA, papillary, and other traces,” as well as the abandoned equipment, including a helmet, vest, gloves, and angle grinders. Those items were being tested for prints and biological evidence.
The Louvre has maintained that its existing security systems operated as normal, including an alarm that went off when the robbers entered the gallery. However, museum employees fled after encountering the intruders in the Apollon Gallery.
As police continue the hunt for the other two suspects seen at the crime scene, investigators say they’re still determining whether a source inside of the Louvre may have had a role in the theft.