A migrant, a taxi driver and a special forces officer: what is known about the robbers who robbed the Louvre
30 October 14:16
The Bureau for Combating Terrorism has arrested seven suspects in the Louvre robbery in Paris, including a migrant, a taxi driver and a special forces officer.
This was reported by Le Figaro newspaper, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
The first to be detained were men aged 34 and 39, residents of the Seine-Saint-Denis department. They are suspected of breaking into the Galerie Apollo and stealing museum exhibits. Both were placed in a pre-trial detention center.
the 34-year-old man is a citizen of Algeria, he lived in the city of Auberville. He told investigators that he worked as a freight forwarder. He was previously convicted of traffic violations and theft.
The second man was a former taxi driver without a driver’s license. He later became a courier. He was repeatedly caught stealing. According to the Paris prosecutor, the suspect was under judicial supervision in connection with a serious robbery case, the trial of which was scheduled for November 2026.
The Louvre robbery
On the morning of October 19, a robbery took place in the Louvre Museum in Paris. Nine jewels from the Napoleon collection were stolen.
According to the French newspaper Le Parisien, the thieves entered the building from the facade overlooking the Seine River, where construction work is currently underway. They used a freight elevator to gain direct access to the targeted room in the Apollo Gallery.
Two robbers, while a third stood guard, smashed the display cases in the Napoleon and French Sovereigns galleries, stealing nine items from the imperial family’s jewelry collection. Among them are a tiara worn by Queens Marie-Amelie and Hortense; an emerald necklace of Empress Marie-Louise; a tiara once owned by Empress Eugenie, etc. The latter, according to the investigation, is decorated with almost two thousand diamonds.
Investigators managed to find one of the stolen items, the crown of Empress Eugenia, as the thieves dropped it during their escape. The whereabouts of the rest of the items are unknown. The amount of damage is currently estimated at 88 million euros.
