It was a daring robbery – and for thieves the reward was considerable.

Two high-security lorries transporting jewels worth millions of euros were relieved of their precious cargo by a gang of heavily armed, masked robbers in a spectacular heist at a toll booth on the A6 motorway in the Yonne area, halfway between Paris and Lyon.

French police are hunting up to 15 thieves involved in the commando-style operation just
after midnight on Tuesday.

No shots were fired and no-one was injured.