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#forensic-evidence

In a statement, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau confirmed the arrests, but declined to give any details until after the suspects' interrogation, which can go on for up to four days. France's interior minister Laurent Nuñez posted a message on X congratulating the police and calling for details of the "ongoing investigation", involving 100 officers, to remain a secret. Authorities then followed the suspects in a bid to find their accomplices and the jewels, intervening upon their attempt to flee the country.

Christopher Silva, 43, was arrested Wednesday morning at his Stoneham home by the FBI Boston's Violent Crimes Task Force. He was charged with maliciously damaging the ATM with an explosive, the Woburn Police Department said in a Facebook post. Silva allegedly placed an explosive device on an ATM at Eastern Bank on Mishawum Road on Sept. 4 around 4 a.m., police said. Investigators found the ATM was tampered with, and it "sustained damage consistent with some type of an explosive device being detonated," the statement said.

Suspects have been arrested in connection with last Sunday's heist of crown jewels from the Louvre in Paris, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday, confirming earlier media reports. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau did not say how many suspects had been taken into custody, but media spoke of two men. Beccuau also lamented the fact that the information had been prematurely leaked, saying this could hinder the work of investigators "mobilized to recover the stolen jewels and apprehend all of the perpetrators."