According to reports, two suspects involved in the robbery of the Louvre in Paris, France were arrested on October 25 local time. One of the detainees was arrested on the spot by the police while attempting to board a plane from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Algeria on the evening of the 25th local time; the other suspect was also arrested shortly after that night.

Interior of the Louvre

At present, the two are being detained for questioning on suspicion of "organized theft" and "conspiracy to commit a crime", and the detention time is expected to be as long as 96 hours.

Police investigation at the scene of the case

The two arrested arely over 30 years old, from the province of Seine-Saint-Denis, in the northern suburbs of the French capital Paris. The suburbs arely more than 10 kilometers from the Louvre. Police have monitored them for days and quickly launched an arrest after finding one of them attempted to escape from the country. The two were charged with a member of a four-man band that broke into the iconic museum on October 19 and stole invaluable collections.

Earlier, local police said they had found digital evidence that suggested a member of the museum¡¯s security team had been in contact with the robbers, raising concerns that the theft could have been done by ¡°insiders.¡±

Commenting on the arrest, French prosecutor Lorre Becou said it was still too early to disclose more details and that prosecutors would provide further explanation after the 96-hour police detention period ends.

At around 9:30 on October 19, a robbery occurred at the Louvre Museum. Within a few minutes, several masked men stole nine pieces of jewelry of "immeasurable value", including Napoleonic necklaces, brooches, earrings, etc. The Louvre was immediately closed by evacuees. The suspect abandoned a crown belonging to Queen Eugenie while fleeing. At present, the crown has been found by the police, and the remaining eight pieces of jewelry are still missing. At 9 o'clock on the 22nd, three days after the robbery, the Louvre reopened for tourists to visit. According to French media reports, the Apollo Promenade, where the robbery occurred in the museum, remains closed.

Louvre transfers some jewelry to French central bank vaults

It will be stored in the main treasury 26 meters deep underground.

French media recently reported that after the robbery of the Louvre Museum in Paris, some jewelry collections have been transferred to the vault of the Central Bank of France and the Bank of France for storage.

France Radio RTL quoted several sources as saying that the collections were shipped to the treasury of the French bank, hundreds of meters from the museum, under police escort on the 24th. Details of the collection are unclear, but several royal jewelry exhibited in the Apollo corridor, where the robberies occurred, and some of the jewelry previously exhibited in the museum are being transferred.

Louvre transfers some jewelry to French central bank vaults

The banks have stored the collections in the 26 meters underground treasury, where about 90 percent of France¡¯s gold reserves are stored, and the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci, who has estimated more than 600 million euros in multi-notebooks, has also been stored in the treasury for years.

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Armed robbery in the Louvre: Judicial officials: an unbearable humiliation for the country

On the morning of 19 October local time, an armed robbery took place in the Louvre in Paris. French Culture Minister Dati and Interior Minister Nunes confirmed that this was a ¡°professional¡± and extremely rapid operation. Dati said the operation took only ¡°4 minutes¡±.

"It's like Robin (the famous French bandit) plot," said Weil, mayor of central Paris.

Criminals used the construction lift pictured to enter the Louvre

Brilliant M.O.

Find the loophole and go straight to the "most luxurious corridor"

In an interview with Red Star News, Louvre speaker Al-Blanc noted that the target of the bandits was the Apollo corridor, the Apollo corridor is the most luxurious corridor in the Louvre, and the history of the construction of the corridor can be traced back to the Bohemian dynasty's first King Henry IV. The robber must have been running to the most prestigious exhibition.

"Speaking of the route they chose, I have to say that the gangsters were very 'brain' and found loopholes in the Louvre." Alan told Red Star News that the Louvre is very large and "it is difficult to find a time when there is no construction at all," so staff and tourists "will never notice" these construction equipment and cargo elevators. In addition, the Louvre receives more than 30,000 tourists every day, which requires both safety and efficiency. This "gave them (thieves) an opportunity to take advantage of it."

Louvre sources pointed out that the "completely masked" gang did not enter through the main entrance, but used the construction area of the museum "on the bank of the Seine".

The key detail is that they used a "construction elevator." Interior Minister Nunez also confirmed that the bandits "entered from the outside on an elevator."

After entering the target floor, the bandits ¡°cut off the glass of the Apollo corridor with the cut discs¡± (i.e. a corner mill) and headed straight to the target exhibition cabinet.

The picture shows the "Apollo Corridor" of the Louvre

French Interior Minister Nunes later admitted that ¡°there are huge gaps in the museum.¡±

"Unvaluable"

A crown was recovered, but heavily damaged

Regarding the loss, Culture Minister Dati said it was ¡°unestimatable.¡±

Dati said that the bandits dropped a piece of jewelry while fleeing, but the jewelry was seriously damaged.

Sources revealed that the recovered piece of jewellery is "Empress Eugenie's crown" and is in a "damaged" condition. A Lan said that this is a gold crown carved with an eagle, but it "has been seriously damaged".

The Crown of Queen Eugenie.

This news made A Lan feel great "helpless and heavy". He lamented: "The historical heritage in these windows that you can see every day turned out to be so fragile that it is even possible that they will only remain in pictures, videos or our memories in the future."

He speculated that if the crown was stolen,"two other treasures in the same display cabinet would probably also be stolen": including a pearl crown and a brooch made of more than 4,000 diamonds.

Lan predicted pessimistically that the collection "should be torn down immediately", especially the brooch, because the robbers would try to sell the stolen goods quickly.

The question:

Why was the alarm not heard?

At present, the Louvre has been closed all day, and the police have blocked the Francois Mitterrand Quay along the museum.

At the scene, tourists can only take photos of themselves with the pyramids in the distance.A Dutch tourist Marianne said that she had planned to watch Mona Lisa.

French politics reacted fiercely.Français National League Chairman Jardine Bardilla rebuked: ¡°This is an intolerable humiliation for our country.¡±Senator Ian Broussa questioned that as early as June there were employees striking because of a shortage of security personnel, ¡°Why was the alarm not heard?¡±

At present, the Paris Prosecutor's Office has announced that it will launch an investigation on charges of "organized gang robbery" and "gang crime". Interior Minister Nunez said he hoped to use "video" to solve the case as soon as possible and tried to "cross-check with similar cases and try to tighten the investigation network."

According to Red Star News, two men entered the room after ¡°breaking the glass¡± and the third man was looking outside. Thieves ¡°robbed nine items from the collection of Napoleon and his queen¡¯s jewelry¡±, including necklaces, nails, and head crowns. An internal source in the Louvre said the famous ¡°Royal King¡¯s Diamond¡± weighing 140 doca was not stolen.