ARCHIVAL PHOTO: French policemen block the entrance to the Louvre after a jewelry robbery on 19 October 2025 in Paris. © Kiran Ridley / Getty Images
The loot from a brazen robbery in the Paris Louvre in October was valued at about EUR 88 million ($96 million). Thieves stole precious stones embedded in French crown jewels, informed BFMTV station on Monday citing the results of the investigation.
Four masked men armed with a chain saw broke into a iconic museum on 19 October and entered the Apollo Gallery, where they cut open the cabinet and escaped with jewelry.
The assault lasted only a fewer minutes and ran without injury as reported by the station.
The husk included 8482 diamonds, 35 emeralds, 34 sapphires and 212 pearls, reported BFMTV station.
The gemstones were embedded in 8 elements of jewelry that were part of the temporary exhibition and were loaned to the museum.
Investigators believe that thieves targeted these items due to their strict value, not the artistic meaning of the jewelry itself.
Police say the operation was meticulously planned.
Two suspects allegedly entered the gallery while 2 accomplices waited outside to aid escape.
The group ran distant with scooters and abandoned specialist equipment, which was utilized to scope the exhibition.
Investigators later determined that escape-related vehicles were stolen and modified to avoid detection, informed BFMTV station.
Surveillance footage and another evidence analyzed by investigators allowed police to recreate the way of movements of suspects before and after the robbery.
Authorities believe that most of the preparations and escapes were coordinated from the suburb north of Paris, where many vehicles were seen leaving and returning in a closely planned sequence.
The van, which was most likely utilized to transport stolen jewelry, was not found.
Two suspects were later detained and partially confessed to participating in the event, informed the station.
1 of the men, a 34-year-old Algerian citizen, reportedly told investigators that he was working as a transportation driver.
The second fishy besides worked in the transportation industry.
The Louvre – the seat of Mona Lisa – has long been under control due to delays in safety and modernisation.
An earlier state audit identified his safety systems as "obsolete and insufficient"and erstwhile museum manager Pierre Rosenberg warned decades ago that the museum's safety features were "Kruche".
Jewelry has not been recovered, and investigators say it is inactive unclear whether the gemstones have been removed from the luminaires, sold or hidden intact.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/629869-louvre-robbery-details/
