The investigations of the French authorities identified traces of DNA at the scene of the robbery, which led to the arrest of one of the five new arrestees.
MADRID, Oct. 30 (EUROPA PRESS).- The security forces of France They arrested five other suspects this Thursday in the framework of the operations launched as a result of the jewelry theft recorded on October 19 in the Louvre Museum of Parisbringing the total number of arrests in the case to seven.
The Fiscal of Paris, Laure Beccuauhe specified in an interview with the French radio station RTL that the arrests were carried out in Paris and its surroundings “after a rogatory commission from two investigating magistrates”, before specifying that “one of them was one of the objectives of the investigators, since there were traces of ADN which, from our point of view, link him with the robo“.
However, he stressed that “the investigations that took place during the afternoon (Wednesday) and the night have not allowed the recovery of the loot from the robbery,” while highlighting that operations to arrest suspects were “accelerated” after determining that one of the two previously arrested was planning to travel to Algeria “without a return ticket.”
The authorities formally charged and placed under preventive detention the two previously detained for the theft of eight pieces of jewelry at the Louvre Museum, according to sources from the Paris Prosecutor’s Office consulted by Europa Pressafter Beccuau herself announced that these people had “partially admitted their participation” in the event.
🇫🇷 The Louvre Museum is open Monday October 27, 2025 but the Apollon Gallery will remain closed.
🌎 The musée du Louvre is open this Monday, October 27, 2025, but the Apollo Gallery will remain closed. pic.twitter.com/2zuqFCRrKL
— Louvre Museum (@MuseeLouvre) October 26, 2025
The theft of the jewels, with an estimated value of around 88 million euros, occurred on Sunday, October 19, shortly after the opening of the museum’s doors, forcing the evacuation of all visitors. The art gallery, one of France’s cultural and tourist emblems, also remained closed on Monday, while it usually never opens on Tuesdays, and reopened on October 22.
First 2 detainees sent to preventive detention
The French authorities sent the first suspects arrested for the theft of eight pieces of jewelry at the Louvre Museum to preventive detention on Wednesday, after the Paris Prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, announced that they had “partially admitted their participation” in the assault that took place 10 days ago and from which the stolen objects have not yet been recovered.
The two suspects were formally charged and sent to preventive detention, according to sources from the Paris Prosecutor’s Office consulted by Europa Press. The confirmation comes after Beccuau announced in an interview that one of them had been accused of organized robbery and criminal association, and that he “imagined” that the second would be accused later.
During the afternoon, the Paris Prosecutor reported that she requested preventive detention for the two suspects, who have been detained for 96 hours. They face 15 years in prison and a fine for the first charge, and 10 years for the second offense.
As all the people who participated in the robbery have not yet been arrested, he refused to give “more details about the information” they have. “The investigation remains confidential with respect to those who are still at large,” he clarified, after reiterating that “the investigation continues” and that “many elements remain to be explored.”
In fact, he indicated that he “does not rule out the possibility” that it is a group of more than four criminals, although the cameras only recorded this number of people in the vicinity of the art gallery.
For the moment, the jewels “are still missing”: “They are not yet in our possession,” he acknowledged during a press conference. On the other hand, he ruled out that the perpetrators of the robbery “had any complicity within the museum,” according to the evidence that the authorities have at this time.
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