Wild new footage reveals Louvre robbers slow getaway with $100M in jewels

Wild new footage shows the thieves who stole $100 million of previous jewels from the Louvre making a slow getaway on a mobile lift.Video shows two men — one wearing a neon vest and another in a motorcycle helmet — in the basket of a lift slowly lowering to the ground out of the world-famous museum in the French capital, Paris.They look in no rush to escape the daring raid as they slowly reach the ground on the construction lift attached to a stolen truck.Once they reach the ground, they’re obscured from view before police say they took off on motorized scooters.The video, which was widely shared on social media, appears to have been filmed from inside the Louvre, overlooking the Seine, on Sunday, according to The Telegraph.French authorities are searching for four suspects in the historic heist after the crew swiped eight pieces of jewels worth millions in just a matter of minutes.Police said the “commando of four people” brazenly parked a stolen truck outside the museum and used the construction lift to reach a second-floor window, cut through the glass with an angle grinder and then entered the Apollon Gallery.The breach triggered a security alarm, but it was only transmitted to guards focused on visitor safety.Once inside, video showed the thieves casually cutting through a glass case surrounding one of the targeted items as stunned guests watched.The suspects tried and failed to set fire to their mobile ladder before fleeing — and accidentally dropped an emerald-set imperial crown containing more than 1,300 diamonds that once belonged to Empress Eugenie, authorities said.The truck, often used for moving furniture in and out of apartments, was abandoned by the four robbers, along with its keys, as the bandits took off on motorized scooters.None of the suspects has been identified so far.A motorcycle helmet belonging to one of the criminals, as well as a glove, were also recovered, investigators told Le Parisien newspaper....