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Thieves armed with power tools carried out a daring daylight raid at the Louvre Museum on Sunday, making off with eight pieces of historic jewellery from the Galerie d’Apollon, home to the French Crown Jewels.
The heist occurred around 9.30am, shortly after the museum opened, authorities said.
Using a basket lift mounted on a truck, the intruders reached a second-floor window and cut through the glass with a disc cutter, before smashing display cases and fleeing on motorbikes, authorities
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