Two men and two women were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the brazen heist at the Louvre, according to a statement from the prosecutor overseeing the investigation.
The men, aged 38 and 39, and women, 31 and 40, are all from the Paris region, according to the statement. Investigators haven’t questioned them yet, the statement said, and the exact reasons for their arrests will not be made public until the end of their custody, which can last up to 96 hours.
Last month, two burglars posing as construction workers used an electric ladder to reach the second floor of the world’s largest museum. In less than 10 minutes, they broke into a gallery, stole nine jewels worth more than $100 million — one of which they dropped on their way out — and escaped with two accomplices on motor scooters, according to French authorities.
The arrests on Tuesday were part of a second phase in the police investigation into the robbery. In recent weeks, four other people were charged for criminal conspiracy and each faces a 10-year prison sentence.
Three of them were also charged with theft by an organized gang. They are accused of being among the four thieves directly involved in stealing the jewelry. The fourth person arrested during the earlier phase of the police response was the partner of one of the other suspects, the prosecutor said, and was charged with complicity in the theft.
The jewelry has yet to be found, the prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, said in an interview with the radio station RTL on Monday.
Ségolène Le Stradic is a reporter and researcher covering France.
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