"Two suspects apprehended following Louvre gem theft"

Two individuals have been detained in connection with last Sunday’s theft at the Louvre museum in Paris, where a group of four thieves stole crown jewels valued at around €88 million, the Paris prosecutor confirmed.

According to reports from Le Parisien, both suspects, in their 30s and from the Seine St-Denis area near Paris, were taken into custody on Saturday evening as part of an inquiry led by the city’s organized crime unit.

One of the detainees was reportedly captured around 10 pm on Saturday at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport while attempting to board an international flight, as detailed by Le Parisien and Paris Match.

The group arrived outside the museum, the most visited in the world, at 9:30 am last Sunday in a stolen moving truck equipped with an extendable ladder and platform. Two of the thieves used it to reach the first-floor Apollo gallery.

Disguised in high-visibility vests to blend in as construction workers, they broke through an unsecured window and used cutting tools to open two display cases in the ornate hall before retreating via the platform and fleeing on motorcycles operated by the other two members.