Four thieves used a vehicle-mounted mechanical lift to gain access to the Galerie d’Apollon (Gallery of Apollo) via a balcony close to the River Seine.

They then threatened the guards, who evacuated the premises, and stole items from two glass display cases.

A preliminary report has revealed that one in three rooms in the area of the museum raided had no CCTV cameras, according to French media.

Goulet told the BBC the gallery’s localised alarm was recently broken, and “we have to wait for the investigation in order to know if the alarm was disactivated”.

France’s culture ministry said the museum’s wider alarms did sound and staff followed protocol by contacting security forces and protecting visitors.

She described the thieves as seemingly being “experienced” with a well-prepared plan to flee on two scooters.

so in short, the thieves came through a balcony, smashed the window and went inside, scared the guards to get out of the room, and smashed and grabbed whatever they could and got out on two scooters they prepared beforehand. looks like the alarms near the room did not work which allowed them a small window to escape.

it’s not an ocean 11 heist or anything but it looks like whoever the thieves are, disabled or at least knew about the broken alarms. i think they’ll eventually catch the thieves it’s just too hard these days to gone unnoticed but by then it’ll probably be too late and they would’ve already ruined the jewellery.