Two men arrested for theft of crown jewels from Louvre

French authorities have detained two of the suspected robbers believed to have stolen precious crown jewels from the Louvre in a museum heist that stunned the world, officials said on Sunday.

- Agence France-Presse

The repaired window of a balcony door believed to have been used by the thieves during the heist.

(REUTERS)

A swarm of investigators had been mobilised to track down the thieves who robbed the famous museum in broad daylight on October 19, making off with jewellery worth an estimated $102 million in just a few minutes.

The two suspects were known to the police for committing thefts, a source close the case said, adding that they were in their thirties and from Seine-Saint-Denis, a region just outside Paris.