PARIS: French police were on Thursday hunting a trio of thieves who made off with a handbag containing €5 million worth of Chanel jewels in a smash-and-grab on the highway between Paris and Charles De Gaulle airport.
A Taiwanese art collector was travelling in a taxi Wednesday afternoon through a long tunnel notorious for robbery attacks on tourists stuck in traffic, when the thieves smashed the car window and snatched her handbag.
It was unclear whether the perpetrators were just petty crooks who hit the jackpot or knew in advance that the woman’s handbag was filled with valuable jewellery, such as a …read more
Source: theSun
