Paris -- Dramatic CCTV footage shows the moment brazen thief smashes display case in Louvre in £76million crown jewel heist.

THIS is the moment brazen thieves smashed through a glass display case in the Louvre Museum to pilfer £76 million of jewellery.

Shocking CCTV footage shows the four-minute-long robbery, capturing the pair of burglars each shattering glass cases before stocking up on their loot.

In the video, one of the masked thieves can be seen using his forearm to punch through cracked glass, before reaching inside to grab three of the precious ornaments.

He then shoves the treasures into an inside pocket of his hi-vis jacket before picking up his bag, which had been sitting on top of the broken glass.

He then swiftly walked away.

The footage also catches both thieves working together to smash their way into a second, larger case, stealing valuable pieces of jewellery before fleeing the scene.

The shocking heist which saw £76 million worth of jewellery stolen – only took the thieves four minutes to get in and out of the world famous museum, between 9:35am to 9:39am, in October last year.

Within a week of the bold robbery from the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery, two men in their 30s from Seine-Saint-Denis were arrested in connection with the raid.

One of the men was nabbed at Charles de Gaulle Airport on October 25, trying to board a plane to Algeria.

Both men were already known to police from prior burglary cases.