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    From telegraph.co.uk

    A manhunt is under way after thieves broke into the Louvre and stole “priceless” jewellery that once belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte’s family. The gang entered the Apollo Gallery in broad daylight shortly after 9.30am, once the gallery had opened to the public, and stole nine items including a necklace, a brooch and a tiara. The masked criminals arrived on high-powered scooters and reportedly gained access to a part of the building where construction was taking place after using a van-mounted extendable ladder to enter on the Seine River side of the museum. They then forced open a window, smashed display cases, ... (full story)

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Vancarbon
Oct 19, 2025 5:23pm — Edited
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Quoting DuranDuran
7 minutes while the museum was open??? These guys need a movie ASAP
Who are you thinking as the lead role ?

De Niro , Pacino , Trump .

Maybe Pelosi .

You have the Hollywood and reality TV ensemble there
. I’m thinking a Tarantino movie
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DuranDuran
Oct 19, 2025 4:37pm
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7 minutes while the museum was open??? These guys need a movie ASAP
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Schultz
Oct 20, 2025 8:05am
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Quoting TheDazman
{quote} I disagree - it's glorifying crime. The only thing I think they need is a stiff sentence.
Stiff is a good word. I think I'll try to incorporate the word stiff into my own sentences wherever possible.
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future911
Oct 19, 2025 7:24pm
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A museum worth 35 billion I would imagine high powered weapons possibly a RPG standoff with military grade security but no .... "Four perpetrators appear to have been involved in the theft, who were unarmed, but threatened the guards with the angle grinders".
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Schultz
Oct 20, 2025 6:54am
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Quoting DuranDuran
7 minutes while the museum was open??? These guys need a movie ASAP
Isn't this genre reasonably saturated? Just off the top of my head I can think of half a dozen art heist movies. Yeah, I like.
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Nordling
Oct 19, 2025 4:16pm
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Bros are playing GTA in real life. Prepping heists, robbing jewelleries and shi. What a way to live...
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Trader#EB70
Oct 19, 2025 12:31pm
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> high-powered scooters

Guessing they were NOT EV's then. Laugh out loud, rolling my ass off on the floor hysterically.
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TheDazman
Oct 20, 2025 7:44am
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Quoting DuranDuran
7 minutes while the museum was open??? These guys need a movie ASAP
I disagree - it's glorifying crime. The only thing I think they need is a stiff sentence.
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Trader#E314
Oct 19, 2025 3:36pm
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Lupin
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