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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley in Paris

French police arrest two men over €88m Louvre jewel heist

A police car in the courtyard of the Louvre museum on Sunday.
A police car in the courtyard of the Louvre museum on Sunday. Photograph: Thomas Padilla/AP

French police have arrested two suspects believed to have helped steal crown jewels worth an estimated €88m (£76m) from the Louvre museum in Paris, officials have said, a week after one of the country’s most spectacular heists in decades.

The Paris public prosecutor confirmed media reports on Sunday that one man had been detained at about 10pm local time on Saturday at the capital’s Charles de Gaulle airport by officers from the armed robberies and serious burglaries squad.

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