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 Sunday.

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

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said they had "carried out arrests on Saturday evening", after two sources close to the case had confirmed to AFP local media reports of the detentions.

"One of the men arrested was about to leave the country" from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport Beccuau said, confirming reports by Le Parisien and Paris Match.

One of the sources told AFP the man was abou

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