Suspects have been arrested on Saturday evening and taken into custody as part of the investigation into the spectacular Louvre museum jewel heist a week earlier that gripped the world and embarrassed the French government.

The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the arrests on Sunday morning, adding that one of the suspects had been preparing to flee France from Roissy airport. Le Parisien earlier reported two men were arrested and said the other person was located northeast of Paris.

A manhunt was launched after four people broke into the Louvre in broad daylight last Sunday and stole eight pieces of jewelry, including royal necklaces, tiaras and earrings. The brazen heist took just seven minutes, sparking recriminations and renewed scrutiny into the world-renowned museum’s securit

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