Overview
- Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said two men aged 38 and 39 and two women aged 31 and 40 from the Paris region were taken into custody on Tuesday and can be held for up to 96 hours for questioning.
- Authorities have now detained eight suspects in total; officials have not detailed the roles of the latest four, though French media report one may be the fourth intruder who entered the museum.
- The stolen haul, valued at about $102 million, has not been recovered and includes Napoleon’s emerald‑and‑diamond necklace for Empress Marie‑Louise and Empress Eugénie’s pearl‑and‑diamond tiara.
- Investigating magistrates previously filed preliminary charges of organized robbery and criminal conspiracy against three men and one woman arrested in late October, with DNA from items left at the scene central to those leads.
- The October 19 raid lasted roughly seven minutes using a truck‑mounted lift, a broken window and angle grinders, and the Louvre has begun emergency security upgrades including new cameras and anti‑intrusion systems.