"Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal jewels valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) in a weekend heist at the world's most visited museum a crime that has shocked the world. French officials described how the intruders used a basket lift to scale the Louvre's facade, forced open a window, smashed display cases and fled last Sunday morning."
"The Paris prosecutor said on Sunday that a number of suspects have been arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris' Louvre museum last weekend. The prosecutor said that investigators made the arrests on Saturday evening, adding that one of the men taken into custody was preparing to leave the country from Roissy Airport. French media BFM TV and Le Parisien newspaper earlier reported that two suspects had been arrested and taken into custody."
A number of suspects were arrested Saturday evening in connection with the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre. One suspect was preparing to leave the country from Roissy Airport. Earlier media reports mentioned two arrests, but the exact number remained unconfirmed. Thieves stole jewels valued at 88 million euros in less than eight minutes during a weekend heist. Intruders used a basket lift to scale the Louvre's facade, forced open a window, smashed display cases and fled. More than 100 investigators were mobilized to recover the jewels and apprehend all perpetrators, with concerns that information leaks could hinder the probe.
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