Overview
- The eight jewels valued at about €88 million remain missing; the prosecutor warned they are unsellable and urged their return.
- The suspects, ages 34 and 39, were arrested Saturday, including one intercepted at Roissy before a flight to Algeria, and both are known to police.
- They were presented to investigating magistrates for potential indictment for organized theft and criminal association, with prosecutors seeking pretrial detention.
- Investigators have identified four perpetrators with at least two still at large, and they report no evidence so far of internal complicity at the museum.
- More than 150 forensic samples were analyzed urgently, aiding identification of a suspect; Empress Eugénie’s dropped crown was recovered but will be difficult to restore.