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A 24-year-old woman was arrested in Barcelona over the break-in and theft of gold worth more than $1 million, the Paris prosecutor said.
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A daring daylight heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris
A daring daylight heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris has stunned the world, with over €88 million worth of France’s crown jewels stolen. Surveillance footage shows two suspects escaping on a mechanical ladder shortly after breaking into the gallery,
Two traces of DNA were found in one of the helmets and one of the gloves suspects left behind after a jewelry heist at the Louvre on Sunday, French police told ABC News.
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The same day masked thieves stole millions in crown jewels from the Louvre, another French museum was robbed of 2,000 gold and silver coins.
Thieves broke into the Louvre in Paris — the world's most visited museum — early Sunday morning. Museum officials said they stole jewelry and fled.
A movie-style heist at the Louvre saw criminals scale the museum with a cherry picker truck and steal priceless French crown jewelry before fleeing on scooters.
A group of thieves used a basket lift to break into the Louvre and stole jewelry shortly after the Parisian museum opened on Sunday, before escaping on scooters, French officials confirmed. French Culture Minister Rachida Dati confirmed the robbery took place after the museum opened and said no people were injured during the break-in.
If they'd pulled their Louvre heist two centuries ago, the thieves might have tripped over the artist of a painting that hangs in the RISD Museum.
Fevicol humorously reacted to a recent robbery at the Louvre, where thieves stole priceless Napoleonic jewellery. Fevicol's playful ad received widespread praise on social media for its creativity.
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