The two suspects arrested in connection with the brazen daytime jewel heist at the Louvre museum in Paris have partially admitted to being involved in the robbery, prosecutors say.
Thieves broke into the second-story Apollo Gallery, smashed the glass display cases and snatched eight pieces of royal jewelry – worth an estimated $102 million – before escaping on motorbikes shortly after the museum opened on Oct. 19. Prosecutors say the robbery took between six and seven minutes.
Two men in their thirties who have criminal records were arrested almost a week later. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau previously said one of the suspects was preparing to fly out of the country at the time of the arrest.
There was no evidence to suggest that the robbery was an inside job, Beccuau said a news conference on Oct. 29. The jewelry taken from the world's most visited museum has not yet been found.
"I want to remain hopeful that (the jewels) will be found and they can be brought back to the Louvre, and more broadly to the nation," Beccuau said.
