Louvre Museum heist: Two arrested a week after theft of priceless jewels

PARIS: Two people have been arrested in connection with the theft of jewellery from the Louvre Museum. The arrests come a week after the theft of valuable jewellery. The theft happened on the 19th of this month. Eight jewels worth $102 million were stolen from the Apollo Gallery through a balcony on the second floor of the Louvre Museum.

Thieves stole jewelry which included: A sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a matching set linked to 19th-century French queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense; an emerald necklace and earrings from the matching set of Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife; a reliquary brooch; and Empress Eugénie’s diadem and her large corsage-bow brooch, a prized 19th-century imperial ensemble. “Individuals entered from outside with a cherry pick