Overview
- The 39-year-old suspect, arrested Tuesday on a worksite in Laval, was placed under formal investigation for organised theft and criminal association and incarcerated pending a deferred detention hearing set for Tuesday.
- Authorities say five people are now under formal investigation and eight have been arrested since October 19, with three people detained in Mayenne this week released without charges at this stage.
- A 38-year-old woman, the partner of one suspect, is pursued for complicity and was released under judicial supervision.
- Investigators report DNA traces on a getaway scooter, a fractured display case and objects left at the museum, with the couple’s DNA found in the nacelle used to access the Galerie d’Apollon.
- The jewels valued at about €88 million remain missing as security scrutiny intensifies over a 2018 audit warning about balcony vulnerability and plans for a mobile national police post at the museum.