Overview
- Two men, aged 38 and 39, and two women, aged 31 and 40, from the Paris region were taken into custody for questioning, with no alleged roles disclosed and a legal window to hold them up to 96 hours.
- The new detentions bring the probe to about eight people arrested or charged, after magistrates earlier filed preliminary organized theft and conspiracy charges against three men and one woman.
- None of the jewels valued at roughly $102 million has been recovered; a crown linked to Empress Eugénie was found damaged outside the museum on the day of the raid.
- Investigators cite DNA and other traces from items and the basket lift, supported by video and device analysis, as key to identifying suspects.
- The October 19 operation used a truck-mounted lift, a breached window, and angle grinders to hit display cases in under eight minutes before a scooter getaway, spurring the Louvre to roll out new cameras and anti-intrusion systems.