Two suspects arrested after Louvre jewel heist: sources

26-10-2025 17:33 HKT

A security guard stands in front of the Pyramide du Louvre, with the Louvre Museum in the background in Paris on October 22, 2025. (AFP)

French authorities have detained two men in connection to the recent theft of precious jewellery from the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris, two sources close to the case said on Sunday, confirming local media reports.

One of the suspects was apprehended around 10 pm (2000 GMT) on Saturday at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport as he was about to board a plane departing to Algeria, French media Le Parisien and Paris Match reported, and the second was arrested not long after in the Seine-Saint-Denis suburb north of Paris, according to Le Parisien.

(AFP and Reuters)

Louvre arrest jewel heist

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