Suspects arrested over Louvre heist People suspected of involvement in the theft of valuable jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum have been arrested, the Paris proscutor says.

Two suspects have been arrested over the theft of precious crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre museum, French media say.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said one of the men had been taken into custody as he was preparing to take a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Items worth €88m (£76m; $102m) were taken from the world’s most-visited museum last Sunday, when four thieves wielding power tools broke into the building in broad daylight.

France’s justice minister has conceded security protocols “failed”, leaving the country with a “terrible image”.