Two men arrested after Louvre jewel heist
Two men arrested after Louvre jewel heist
www.theguardian.com
French police arrest two men over €88m Louvre jewel heist
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Only two more to go
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Woooooooooooooo!
Finally, some good fucking news lol
Love me a good heist
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Genuinely curious what your perspective is that lets you see this as good news - it's just bleakly depressing to me, but I'm a bit of a downer.
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Why is it good news they got arrested? Let them win.
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Ever seen The Score? Brilliant heist movie.
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Booooooo!
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they didn't steal a bank. they stole and destroyed irreplaceable pricless historical jewelry from a measuem.
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Fair. I haven't really been following the story tbh. Sometimes you can just say things cause you wanna say something. Not to say that this is a good way to approach life, but it is a way.
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If this suspect is indeed the perpetrator, this has got to be up there among the stupidest ways to get caught.
The guy's already known to police, and in addition to being famously caught on camera, the cops likely have forensics to identify him. So then he decides to go to Algeria, which is going to be super sus any day of the week. And he decides the best way to do that is by going to CDG, where there's not only a ton of police and cameras, but since he's leaving Schengen, he'll have to present a passport.
I'm sure it didn't take the cops too much effort to put that together. And now of course they'll rattle him until he coughs up the names of his accomplices. It won't really matter if he doesn't because they'll backtrack his steps to figure out where he's been and with whom anyway.
I'm sure the gaggle of thieves are proud to have worked with this moron.
well you have to be a moron to rob one of the most high profile museums in the world so....
only if you get caught
It would be a real coup if he's actually innocent and was paid to act as a red herring to distract from the real criminals
Would fit in with their 'broad daylight' mo.
What’s wrong with visiting Algeria? That’s been on my bucket list for a while now actually.
I'm not sure what the commenter above meant either, but as a former colony, I'd guess it would be easier to extradite him as needed. Also, I'd think you'd want to get a lot more distance from France if you really were trying to flee. shrug*
Not relevant to the story, but fuck Algeria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Algeria
The largest gang in Paris is French Maghrebis, which is predominantly Algerian.