Overview
- French authorities indicted two suspects on Saturday and kept them in custody, while three detainees were released for lack of evidence, according to police sources cited by AFP.
- One of the indicted is a 38-year-old woman accused of complicity in organized robbery and criminal association, and she remains in pretrial detention.
- Seven people have been detained across multiple arrests, with several appearing before a Paris court on Saturday and at least one person released without charge, defense lawyers said.
- Investigators collected more than 150 DNA and fingerprint samples, including matches from a getaway motorcycle and broken display glass, and prosecutors say two men have partially confessed.
- The October 19 raid used a truck-mounted freight elevator to access the museum, with the thieves smashing vitrines and fleeing by motorcycle in under ten minutes; only a damaged crown of Empress Eugénia has been recovered so far.