French police on Thursday were hunting a trio of thieves who made off with a handbag containing 5 million euros (US$5.4 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 traveling in a taxi on Wednesday afternoon through a long tunnel 51 for robbery attacks on tourists stuck in traffic when the thieves smashed a car window and 52 her handbag. The 1.3km Landy tunnel is taken by most people arriving at Charles de Gaulle Airport and heading into Paris and is the ideal spot for smash-and-grabs. “It is often 53 delinquency. They aren’t afraid of anything, know the area and escape through emergency exits,” the source said. A driver distracted and talking on his cellphone, a handbag left on a passenger seat or luxury cars carrying tourists with possibly wads of cash on them are all easy 54 . In February 2010, Christina Chernovetska, daughter of the then mayor of Kiev, was the victim of a similar robbery when a bag she said contained jewels worth 4.5 million euros was stolen from her. Saudi prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd, the multimillionaire son of the late King Fahd, 55 victim to a spectacular armed raid on his convoy in Paris in August last year, in which 250,000 euros and diplomatic papers were stolen.