Arrests made in crown jewelry heist at Paris' Louvre museum, prosecutor says

Multiple people were arrested in connection with the from Paris' Louvre museum, a Paris prosecutor said on Sunday, a week after the at the world's most visited museum.

The prosecutor said investigators made the arrests Saturday evening, adding that one of the men taken into custody was preparing to leave the country from Paris' Roissy Airport.

French media BFM TV and Le Parisien newspaper earlier reported that two suspects had been arrested and taken into custody. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau did not confirm the number of arrests and did not say whether jewels had been recovered.

Thieves took less than valued at last Sunday morning.

Questions have arisen about security at the museum and whether security cameras might have failed as the thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre