2 men arrested in heist of French crown jewels from the Louvre worth 110M euros | Eastern NC Now

Two men have been arrested in the brazen daylight burglary of the Apollo Gallery in the Louvre museum in Paris, in which crown jewels of the Bonaparte dynasty worth 110 million euros were stolen.  The burglary only lasted seven minutes as four burglars backed a ladder truck up to access a balcony and used saws to cut into display cases.  They took eight heavily jeweled pieces, but dropped one, a crown made for Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III.  They left behind quite an array of DNA and fingerprints that police have been investigating.

The two men arrested had long criminal records, including for burglary and were residents of the mostly migrant populated suburb of Seine St. Denis.  One was arrested at the airport trying to flee to Algeria.  The other is from the African nation of Mali and there were indications he was trying to return there as well.

The Louvre's head of security is a "diversity" hire and there have been calls for her removal from that position.  Incredibly, there were no security cameras in the Apollo Gallery.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15228281/Two-arrested-Louvre-heist-century-raid-Frances-76million-crown-jewels.html