It’s been just over five weeks since the theft of the crown jewels from the Musée du Louvre, and the jewels are still missing. On Sunday morning, on October 19, at 9:30 am, two thieves cut into the window of the Galerie d’Apollon. Entering the room and cutting through two cases, stealing eight sets of the historic jewels of France.
For the last few weeks, the Paris prosecution office, headed by Laure Beccuau, has been very quiet. The last update was on November 13, when one of the suspects, a woman, was released but still under judicial control.
Hoping no news was good news and they were getting closer to finding the jewels and arrests, as things work differently here in France. The prosecutor’s office is a tight ship, and there hasn’t been a single leak, so we wait on the edge of our seats for news.
This morning, November 25, the fourth member of the heist team, the second driver of the getaway motorcycle, was arrested. Now all four actors have been arrested, and we can hope this gets them closer to the jewels and the orchestrator of the crime.
Three others were also detained: a 39-year-old man and two women, aged 31 & 40. Arrested in Mayenne in the small city of the Loire, 155 miles from Paris.
The prosecutor usually holds a press conference within the next two days to update on the arrests and, hopefully, provide more information on the jewels.
Stay tuned for all the up-to-date information