Overview
- French media report that police detained one suspect at Charles de Gaulle airport as he prepared to board a flight and arrested a second later in Paris on organized theft charges.
- More than 150 DNA samples, fingerprints and tools left at the scene were recovered in the Apollo Gallery, according to the Paris prosecutor.
- Reports indicate the Louvre moved select high-value jewels under police guard to the Bank of France’s deep underground vault for safekeeping.
- A Telegraph report cited by local outlets says digital forensics suggest a museum security guard exchanged messages with suspected perpetrators, indicating possible inside assistance.
- The museum has reopened to visitors after four masked thieves stole eight royal-era pieces valued at about €88 million, with some reports saying the crew posed as maintenance workers using a furniture lift.