LONDON -- French authorities arrested two men in relation to last week's major jewel heist at Paris' Louvre Museum, the French National Police confirmed to ABC News, amid a nationwide manhunt for the perpetrators.One suspect was arrested at 10 p.m.on Saturday at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport while trying to board a plane bound for Algeria, police said.Police did not offer any information on the timing or circumstances of the second suspect's arrest.Police stand guard outside the Louvre museum at Louvre, October 19, 2025, in Paris, France.Remon Haazen/Getty ImagesBoth men are suspected to have been part of the team alleged to have robbed the Louvre last week.
They are both from Seine Saint Denis, a northeastern suburb of Paris, police said.Authorities launched a nationwide manhunt for the Louvre suspects after the theft from the museum's Apollo Gallery on the morning of Oct.19, just before the museum was set to open to the public.The stolen items included crowns, necklaces, earrings and brooches, some of which once belonged to Emperor Napoleon and his wife.Paris public prosecutor Laure Beccuau estimated that the stolen goods were estimated to be worth some $102 million. $102M in jewels taken in Louvre heist, as museum director summoned by lawmakersThe team of thieves drove up to the side of the museum in what police described as a "mobile freight elevator" equipped with a metal ladder on the back that was extended up to a window, according to the Paris police.Popular ReadsGovernment shutdown updates: Pentagon accepts $130M donation to help pay troopsOct 24, 11:33 PMIsrael-Gaza live updates: Trump hints at action if Hamas doesn't return dead hostagesOct 24, 9:48 AMLos Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raidsOct 14, 9:51 PM"They deployed the freight elevator, securing the surroundings with construction cones, before accessing the second floor, in the Apollo Gallery, by breaking the window with an angle grinder," according to the police sta...