Overview
- Two suspects — a 38-year-old woman and a 37-year-old person — have been charged, while three other detainees were released by the Paris prosecutor's office.
- Chief prosecutor Lor Becco said the perpetrators are local petty criminals from Seine-Saint-Denis rather than professional organized crime figures.
- According to the investigation, two men used a lift to reach the second floor, smashed a window, cut open display cases with grinders, and fled on scooters in under seven minutes.
- The first arrests on October 25 involved two men, aged 34 and 39, who are under investigation and partially admitted involvement, with five additional arrests announced on October 30.
- The stolen Napoleonic jewels are valued by a museum curator at about €88 million, none have been recovered, and some remaining pieces were moved to the Bank of France vault for safekeeping.