A 7-Minute Louvre Heist Leaves Behind DNA and Dropped Crown

It took just seven minutes for robbers armed with disc grinders to get in and out of the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris with a stash of royal necklaces, tiaras and earrings.

They left the nearby 140-carat “Régent” diamond untouched, dropped a crown with more than 1,000 diamonds, and fled, abandoning a yellow vest with DNA traces — giving hope to shamefaced politicians and police that a massive security lapse won’t lead to a permanent loss.