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Over the weekend police detained two men suspected of being part of the four-man heist crew. Advertisement Dozens of investigators had been tasked with tracking down the thieves who successfully robbed the Louvre in broad daylight on October 19, making off with royal jewels in just seven minutes. Tiara of Empress Eugénie, 19th-century diamond and pearl diadem. Stolen in the 2025 Louvre robbery.Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo The robbers had clambered up the extendable ladder of a stolen movers’ truck and, using cutting equipment, broke into a first-floor gallery. They dropped a diamond- and emerald-studded crown as they fled down the ladder and onto scooters, but managed to steal eight other pieces, including an emerald-and-diamond necklace that Napoleon Bonaparte gave his wife, Empress Marie-Louise. The brazen theft has made headlines across the world and sparked a debate in France about the security of cultural institutions. 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