Police in France have arrested suspects in connection with the theft of Napoleonic crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris last weekend, in what was one of the most high-profile heists in recent history.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the suspects were arrested on Saturday evening, and that one of them was detained while attempting to flee the country from Charles de Gaulle Airport. She did not say how many suspects were arrested or if the jewels were recovered .

Le Parisien, which broke the story, reported that the suspects were two men in their 30s from the Seine-Saint-Denis suburb of Paris.

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However, Beccuau did not confirm those details and criticized French media

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