Two Suspects Arrested for Louvre Robbery

Hmm.

Two suspects were arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris' Louvre museum, justice and police officials said Sunday, a week after the heist that stunned the world and sparked a massive manhunt.

The Paris prosecutor said that investigators made arrests Saturday evening, adding that one of the men taken into custody was preparing to leave the country from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

A police official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing case, told The Associated Press that two men in their 30s, both known to police, were taken into custody. He said one suspect was arrested as he attempted to board a plane bound for Algeria. The official added that one of the suspects was identified through DNA traces. Beccuau said earlier this week that forensics experts were analyzing 150 samples at the scene.

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Thieves took less than eight minutes last Sunday morning to steal jewels valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) from the world's most-visited museum. French officials described how the intruders used a basket lift to scale the Louvre's façade, forced open a window, smashed display cases and fled. The museum's director called the incident a "terrible failure."

Per Le Figaro, one of the two thieves was captured as he was preparing to take a flight to Algeria. The other was arrested in the banlieu of Seine-Saint-Denis, a so-called "no-go zone" where cars are frequently incinerated during riots.

I'm not saying anything. I'm just saying, when they don't release the perps' names, there's a very high probability the names are Amish.

posted by Ace at 03:10 PM

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