Two suspects with histories of jewel thefts had been tracked for days after their DNA was recovered from the museum and were arrested shortly before one of them was set to board a flight out of the country,

Two traces of DNA were found in one of the helmets and one of the gloves suspects left behind after a jewelry heist at the Louvre on Sunday, French police told ABC News.

Two Louvre Heist Suspects Nabbed As Manhunt Tightens French police didn’t need the Da Vinci code to crack the first breaks in the Louvre jewel robbery. By Saturday night, two suspects were in handcuffs after an airport stop and a city takedown that capped a hectic week for investigators.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said forensic teams are now analysing the DNA samples in the hope of quickly identifying the four theives behind Sunday's audacious broad-daylight heist

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.

A major development in the manhunt to find the four people who robbed the Louvre Museum in Paris has been revealed. According to French police, two traces of DNA were found in one of the helmets and one of the gloves the suspects left behind at the scene of the crime.

The footage shows two suspects descending a basket lift on the side of the museum before fleeing on motorbikes.