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Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by Botragelad(op): 11:21am On Oct 26, 2025

The Paris prosecutor's office said one of the men had been taken into custody as he was preparing to take a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Items worth €88m (£76m; $102m) were taken from the world's most-visited museum last Sunday, when four thieves wielding power tools broke into the building in broad daylight.

France's justice minister has since conceded security protocols "failed", leaving the country with a "terrible image".

The Paris prosecutor's office said in a statement that the arrests had been made on Saturday evening, without specifying how many people had been taken into custody.

Specialist police can question them for up to 96 hours.

It criticised the "premature disclosure" of information related to the case, adding that it hindered efforts to recover the jewels and find the thieves.

The gang reportedly arrived at 09:30 (06:30 GMT), shortly after the museum opened to visitors.

The suspects arrived with a vehicle-mounted mechanical lift to gain access to the Galerie d'Apollon (Gallery of Apollo) via a balcony close to the River Seine.

Pictures from the scene showed the ladder leading up to a first-floor window.

Two of the thieves entered by cutting through the window with power tools.

They then threatened the guards, who evacuated the premises, and cut through the glass of two display cases containing jewels.

A preliminary report has revealed that one in three rooms in the area of the museum raided had no CCTV cameras, according to French media.

French police say the thieves were inside for four minutes and made their escape on two scooters waiting outside at 09:38.

Security measures have since been tightened around France's cultural institutions.

Source:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2em38pdv0do.amp

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by SeverusSnape(m): 11:35am On Oct 26, 2025

You get mind go steal inside Louvre?

Next time na Monalisa them go steal. lipsrsealed

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by FarahAideed: 11:49am On Oct 26, 2025*

They need to do a movie in it sha ..it was refreshing

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by themosthigh: 1:56pm On Oct 26, 2025

I hope say no be the regular black people do am

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by CaseSensitive(m): 1:57pm On Oct 26, 2025

Must be Lupin and Ben. You can't tell me otherwise

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by GenghisCan(m): 2:00pm On Oct 26, 2025

themosthigh:
I hope say no be the regular black people do am

Black man no smart to plan this kind heist

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by LabStores: 2:00pm On Oct 26, 2025

E must cast and dem must catch you in the end....

It's gem stone and catching those thieves will be very easy...

If na just precious metals like gold, silver, platinum etc now, they'd have just melt them, and catching them would have been almost impossible.

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by Lukuluku69(m): 2:02pm On Oct 26, 2025

Ole gbe, ole gba things.

A private collector would bought it and hide it away. The ways of these Oyinbo people sef.

You steal something you can't use or publicly displayed.

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by ruggedtimi(m): 2:02pm On Oct 26, 2025

But how these guys want manage move these jewelries without been spotted.

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by dermmy(m): 2:04pm On Oct 26, 2025

Who will arrest the descendants of those who came to steal artefacts from Africa. Thief catch thief.

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by safarifarms(m): 2:05pm On Oct 26, 2025

That's fast. Some here were happy as they only compare Nigeria with bad things happening somewhere else.

Whenever good things happen elsewhere they won't consider the possibility of such good happening in Nigeria.

But they'll tag you a hater for pointing out. Are they not the real haters?

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by advanceDNA: 2:06pm On Oct 26, 2025*

CaseSensitive:
Must be Lupin and Ben. You can't tell me otherwise

Lol...hahahahhhahhaha!!

.the escape of that wide mouthed guy (Assane Diop) from the scene of all his heists are always annoyingly made to look like the cops are stupid.......

Sometimes u need to love cartoons to enjoy some movies....

Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by Lexusgs430: 2:06pm On Oct 26, 2025

They knew the identities of the thieves, they simply had an information blackout and secretly placed them on a no flight list......... ✈️😂✈️📃😁

If nah Nigerian DSS, nah only Kanu, Sowore and yahoo boys, den sabi catch....... 😜🤣

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by AfroBeatDiary: 2:09pm On Oct 26, 2025

Most of those pearls on the crown were most likely stolen as well abi how will they explain the exploitation of uranium from BF?

Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by oz4real83(m): 2:09pm On Oct 26, 2025

This is where the differences lie. There is crime everywhere, but criminals are caught in "saner climes" and made to face the law, unlike places like Nigeria. We are still looking for the killers of Bola Ige, Harry Marshal and others, several years after embarassed

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by Hopez456(m): 2:12pm On Oct 26, 2025

This is akin to stealing the king's trumpet, where u go blow am?

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by whippersnapper(m): 2:13pm On Oct 26, 2025

Just like the Antwerp diamond heist.You can never be too careful. some robbery leaves trails and evidence

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by tuoyoojo(m): 2:19pm On Oct 26, 2025

I would not be surprised is documentary is made about this incident

Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by UkoAnnang(m): 2:19pm On Oct 26, 2025

Here in Nigeria the culprit will go scort free while the Nigerian security agencies will be conducting unending investigation into the matter

Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by Outthemudbyvoke: 2:21pm On Oct 26, 2025

This is a sane society where systems are put in place in eventuality of mishap or crime.

Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by BosunNaira(m): 2:26pm On Oct 26, 2025

FarahAideed:
They need to do a movie in it sha ..it was refreshing

There’s a movie already. They most likely got inspired by that movie. Look up oceans.

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by Reference(m): 2:30pm On Oct 26, 2025

Won't be surprised if the information came through by tapping into communication networks. The NSA and Mossad are excellent at that and the French have a history of significant intelligence gathering.

You simply cannot pull off such an audacity without leaving bread crumbs before or after the fact. Internet, text or calls someone is always watching and listening.

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by EmmyMaestro(m): 2:30pm On Oct 26, 2025

This just reminds me of all those heist movies

Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by Sabadon(m): 2:36pm On Oct 26, 2025

if na Nigeria now, dem for don parade innocent people wen dem pack from street

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by JuanDeDios: 2:40pm On Oct 26, 2025

BosunNaira:
There’s a movie already. They most likely got inspired by that movie. Look up oceans.

Lupin. Yeah, the movie was made long ago. Based on a book.

Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by SisterAnn(f): 2:41pm On Oct 26, 2025

oz4real83:
This is where the differences lie. There is crime everywhere, but criminals are caught in "saner climes" and made to face the law, unlike places like Nigeria. We are still looking for the killers of Bola Ige, Harry Marshal and others, several years after

But we are not looking for the killer of funso Williams. Give us some credits please.

Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by Flangelo12: 2:54pm On Oct 26, 2025

GenghisCan:
Black man no smart to plan this kind heist

If they catch them and reveal their identity as black, you would claim it's because they aren't smart, that's why they were caught.

Not like you are not black sef.

angry

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by Nwaikpe: 2:57pm On Oct 26, 2025

FarahAideed:
They need to do a movie in it sha ..it was refreshing

There was literally nothing intelligent about the robbery.

It was just a case of a few lads taking advantage of a lax security system.

They literally just got to the scene, cut through it like a normal worker, picked it, and moved.

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by standout5: 2:58pm On Oct 26, 2025

GenghisCan:
Black man no smart to plan this kind heist

If they are that sooo smart then how come two have been arrested huh

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Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by Nobody: 2:58pm On Oct 26, 2025

it is weird but I think that I would be ok if they were black.

This kind of operation requires brains and balls

themosthigh:
I hope say no be the regular black people do am

Re: Two Arrested Over Theft Of Jewels At Louvre Museum In Paris by Nobody: 3:00pm On Oct 26, 2025

Maybe those were the ones that panicked.

Don't worry, they won't get caught next time

standout5:
If they are that sooo smart then how come two have been arrested

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