"French investigators are analysing more than 150 DNA samples, fingerprints and other traces from tools and safety gear left by the thieves who broke into the Louvre museum and escaped with crown jewels worth an estimated 88m (76m). Five days after the brazen heist from the world's most-visited museum, Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor, said she had a small hope the jewels could still be recovered and was optimistic about the investigation's outcome."
"in a stolen furniture removal truck fitted with a 30-metre (90ft) extending ladder and lift, in which two of them mounted to the first-floor Apollo gallery, which houses France's remaining crown jewels. Wearing hi-vis vests to resemble construction workers, they smashed an unsecured window and then used disc cutters to open two display cases in the ornate gallery before descending again in the bucket lift and making their escape on the back of motorbikes driven by the other two members of the gang."
Investigators are analysing more than 150 DNA samples, fingerprints and other traces from tools and safety gear left by the thieves. The crown jewels, valued at about €88m, were stolen after a brazen break-in at the Louvre's first-floor Apollo gallery. A gang of four used a stolen furniture removal truck with a 30-metre extendable ladder; two perpetrators entered the gallery wearing hi-vis vests, smashed an unsecured window, used disc cutters to open two display cases, and escaped on motorbikes. The thieves left behind tools and clothing being examined, and extensive CCTV analysis and over 100 investigators, including organised crime and cultural property specialists, are pursuing leads.
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