Police release three suspects in Louvre robbery
2 November 2025 04:08
Three suspects in the Louvre robbery have been released from custody in France, "Komersant Ukrainian" writes with reference to Le Parisien.
According to the newspaper, these people were part of the entourage of a 37-year-old man and his 38-year-old companion, who were charged with the museum robbery. During their arrest and first interrogation, the couple denied any involvement in the incident.
The article notes that the detained man had already come to the attention of law enforcement for theft. His DNA was found at the scene of the robbery in the museum. His companion was not in the Louvre at the time of the robbery. However, police also found her DNA on the extractor used by the criminals. After the robbery, a 34-year-old Algerian man who has been living in France since 2010 was also detained at the Paris airport. He had a one-way ticket to his home country. Police are still looking for the fourth participant in the robbery.
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.
