remains the subject of investigation. The thieves took advantage of some of the museum’s security weaknesses most visited in the world to make a visit. The investigations continue their path and this Sunday, has revealed that French police have arrested two suspects.
According to the French media, it was this Saturday night when the agents launched an emergency operation. After starting the difficult investigation to try to find the thieves, two men have been arrested.
Both suspects have been taken into custody while they carry out open investigations for “organized robbery” and “conspiracy to commit a crime”, which are being carried out by the Paris Anti-Banditism Brigade (BRB) and the Central Office for the Fight against Trafficking in Cultural Property (OCBC).
According to The Parisianthese two men are originally from Seine-Saint-Denis, north of the French capital, and are accused of being part of the team of four criminals who carried out the robbery of the Louvre.
The movements have been brought forward, after one of the investigators learned that one of the suspects was planning to flee abroad. They point out that he was planning to go to Algeria.
The police already had these two suspects on file because they had committed previous robberies and are usually pawns, that is, people who act on behalf of someone else who pays them. For the moment, the two men will be under police custody for up to 96 hours, while They try to identify all the components that carried out one of the robberies of the century.
The investigation continues its course and investigates the steps of the assailants who took advantage of some works in the museum to sneak through a forklift and thus access the Apolo Gallery and steal up to eight very valuable pieces.
