"In just under 10 minutes, thieves stole priceless jewelry from the Apollo Gallery after using a truck-mounted ladder to break into a second-floor window of the Louvre Museum. To get to the second floor, two robbers climbed up a monte-meubles, a truck-mounted electric ladder that is a common sight on the streets of Paris, where it is used to ferry bulky furniture through the windows of apartments."
"Once inside the gallery, the thieves smashed two display cases and snatched eight precious objects, setting off additional alarms. The items included a royal sapphire necklace, a royal emerald necklace and a diadem worn by Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III, France's 19th-century ruler. In their haste to leave, the robbers dropped a ninth item, which the authorities recovered later: Empress Eugenie's crown, which features 1,354 diamonds, 1,136 rose-cut diamonds and 56 emeralds."
Thieves used a monte-meubles, a truck-mounted electric ladder, to reach a second-floor balcony window of the Apollo Gallery at the Louvre and entered after breaking the glass with power tools. Security alarms sounded as the robbers smashed two display cases and seized eight precious objects, including a royal sapphire necklace, a royal emerald necklace and a diadem worn by Empress Eugenie. In their haste they dropped Empress Eugenie's crown, later recovered; the crown contains 1,354 diamonds, 1,136 rose-cut diamonds and 56 emeralds. Five museum staff were in or near the gallery; guards evacuated visitors and contacted police. Investigators are reviewing surveillance footage and forensic evidence while searching for the suspects.
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