Louvre heist suspects to be charged, jewels not recovered
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Four thieves broke into the world's most-visited museum in broad daylight, stealing eight items worth €88m (£76m; $102m).
Days after eight pieces of the French crown jewels were stolen from the Louvre, a former bank robber who once toured the now-infamous Apollo Gallery for a Louvre podcast says he warned a museum official of weaknesses in security.
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One suspect was arrested in Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport as he was preparing to leave the country, French authorities said.
French police have arrested four suspects in connection with a $102 million jewel heist at Paris’s Louvre Museum, amid concerns the stolen gold and gems have already been melted down or trafficked abroad.