Four more people arrested in connection with Louvre heist

"The alleged thieves parked a stolen truck outside the museum and used an extendable ladder and freight lift to reach the first-floor window of the Apollo gallery in the 19 October theft, one of the most spectacular heists in recent French history. Two people smashed an unsecured window and two glass display cases in the gallery before descending in the lift and fleeing on motorbikes driven by the other two in a brazen daylight heist that lasted less than seven minutes from start to finish."

"The gang fled with eight pieces, including an emerald and diamond necklace that Napoleon Bonaparte gave to his second wife, Marie Louise, and a diadem set with 212 pearls and nearly 2,000 diamonds that once belonged to the wife of Napoleon III. Empress Eugenie's tiara is among the pieces taken in the raid. Photograph: Danita Delimont/Alamy None of the jewels have so far been recovered. DNA analysis of items left at the scene, which included gloves, a hi-vis vest and disc cutters, led to the arrest a week later of the pair suspected of entering the museum, identified as Ayed G and Abdoulaye N."

French authorities arrested four additional suspects from the Paris region in connection with the 19 October theft of crown jewels from the Louvre. The suspects include two men aged 38 and 39 and two women aged 31 and 40. Investigators say the gang used a stolen truck, an extendable ladder and a freight lift to access a first-floor Apollo gallery window, smashed display cases, and fled on motorbikes in under seven minutes. Eight historic pieces were taken, including Napoleonic necklaces and Empress Eugenie's tiara. DNA from items left at the scene led to earlier arrests; none of the jewels have been recovered and the suspects face organised theft and conspiracy charges.

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