Overview
- Investigators from the BRB/DPJ-PP arrested the suspect on the morning of November 25 in Laval, Mayenne, detaining him at a construction site.
- He is suspected of being the second getaway scooter driver and is reported to be 39 years old and known to justice for prior robberies.
- The man has been placed in police custody on suspicions of organized theft and criminal association under the authority of investigating judges.
- Earlier arrests identified two alleged museum entrants, Ayed G. and Abdoulaye N., and a third suspect, Slimane K., believed to have piloted the other scooter.
- The jewels, valued at about €88 million, have not been recovered as investigators pursue potential organizers and possible cross-border trafficking.