Suspects in Louvre jewel heist arrested near Paris, prosecutor says

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Suspects have been arrested over the brazen jewelry heist at the Louvre just as one of them was about to fly out of France, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday (October 26). - REUTERS

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00:00Arrests have been made in the brazen jury heist at the Louvre Museum.

00:05Just as one suspect was about to fly out of France, according to a Paris prosecutor on Sunday.

00:11La Parisian newspaper, which first broke the story, reported that two men in their 30s,

00:16already known to French police, were detained on Saturday evening.

00:20Prosecutor Lerbe de Coe did not say how many people were arrested or give any more details about them,

00:25adding that it was, quote, too early to provide any specific details.

00:29On October 19th, four hooded thieves escaped the Louvre with eight precious pieces worth an estimated $102 million,

00:37exposing security lapses at the world's most visited museum.

00:41They broke in using a crane to smash an upstairs window during opening hours and escaped on motorbikes.

00:47The stolen treasures included a tiara and an earring from the jury of Queen Marie Amélie and Queen Hortense from the early 19th century.

00:55There was no indication on Sunday that any of France's stolen crown jewels had been recovered.

01:01News of the robbery reverberated around the world, prompting soul searching in France over what some regarded as a national humiliation.

01:09Many of the group maps best of might have been pulled from the Renaissance statue itself,

01:17which was to really roll up the right about the string of children itself.

01:21So it was interesting, because I have ainiстройرة date in French club,

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