Louvre jewel heist: Two suspects in case arrested in Paris, report says

Two suspects within the brazen daylight heist of a few of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre had been arrested in Paris on Saturday (October 25, 2025) night and are being questioned, Le Parisien newspaper reported on Sunday (October 26, 2025), citing sources near the investigation.

One of the 2 suspects was about to depart the nation and was taken into custody at Charles de Gaulle airport at about 10 p.m. on Saturday (October 25, 2025), the paper mentioned. The different was arrested later within the night within the Seine-Saint-Denis suburb north of Paris.

Paris police weren’t instantly accessible for remark.

Thieves stole eight valuable items value an estimated $102 million from the Louvre’s assortment on October 19, exposing safety lapses as they broke into the world’s most-visited museum utilizing a crane to smash an upstairs window throughout opening hours. They escaped on motorbikes.

News of the theft reverberated around the globe, prompting soul-searching in France over what some thought to be a nationwide humiliation.

According to Le Parisien, the 2 males are of their thirties and initially from the Seine-Saint-Denis space. They had been recognized to French police, and one of many suspects was about to depart for Algeria, the newspaper mentioned.