Two Qatari women are robbed in €5 MILLION heist on Paris motorway after being attacked with pepper spray in their Bentley

  • The two women were being driven from Le Bourget airport in a Bentley
  • A pair of robbers attacked the driver and two women with pepper spray
  • They then seized jewellery and clothes in a haul valued at 5 million euros 

By Julian Robinson for MailOnline

Published: 04:52 EST, 22 November 2016 | Updated: 14:36 EST, 22 November 2016

Two Qatari women have been robbed in a 5 million euro heist on a Paris motorway, it has emerged.

The two victims, in their 60s, were being driven from Le Bourget airport in a Bentley when they were targeted in a lay-by on the A1, north east of the capital.

Robbers then attacked the driver and two terrified tourists with pepper spray before forcing open the boot of the luxury vehicle.

Two Qatari women have been robbed in a 5 million euro heist on a Paris motorway, police have revealed (file picture)

The two victims, in their 60s, were being driven from Le Bourget airport (pictured) in a Bentley when two men in a car ordered them to park at a petrol station on the A1, north east of the capital

They seized jewellery, clothes and leather goods in a haul valued at 5million euros.

The incident unfolded at about 9pm last night shortly after the women had been landed in their private jet. 

The identity of the victims is not yet known and an investigation is underway. 

It is the latest in a long line of high-value robberies to hit France and comes just weeks after reality TV star Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in a Paris flat. 

Ms Kardashian was attacked by a gang of five robbers who got away with millions of pounds worth of jewels on October 3.

Robbers are then said to have attacked the driver and two tourists with pepper spray before opening the boot of the luxury vehicle. The incident happened on the A1 autoroute (pictured)

She and a security guard had guns pointed at their heads and were tied up by the gang, who are still at large. 

Weeks later Bollywood beauty and international model Mallika Sherawat was tear gassed and beaten up by three masked intruders in her own Paris apartment block, police revealed today. 

In the wake of the two attacks security consultants revealed that wealthy tourists are increasingly avoiding Paris as a holiday destination while many are asking for extra bodyguard protection.

Business is said to be booming for security firms that provide bodyguards.

The director of International Protection Services Bodyguard, Laurent Dequatremard, blamed poor policing, unemployment and even the increase of 'undocumented' illegal immigrants in central Paris.

Actress Mallika Sherawat (left) was attacked outside her apartment in Paris, at an apartment neighbouring the scene where Kim Kardashian (right) was robbed at gunpoint

He told the website: 'We have a lot of clients in Paris asking for security services as they don’t feel safe. We recommend to have protection with you during the day and guards at night if your building/residence is not secure.'

In August 2014, the convoy of a Saudi Prince was also held up as it made its way to Le Bourget.

Up to eight robbers driving BMWs hijacked the first vehicle in the convoy and sped off with its three occupants before letting them go. 

In March last year robbers launched an audacious raid on two armoured trucks on a busy motorway in a crime linked to a notorious gang known as the Pink Panthers.

Jewels worth at least £7million were stolen by armed robbers who struck at a toll booth on the route linking Paris to the South of France.

The daring raid took place just after midnight as the security trucks approached the toll at Avallon in Burgundy, 125 miles south-east of Paris on the A6. 

Thieves used gas sprays to knock out the two armed guards in each lorry. The guards were pulled from their cabs and dumped by the toll booth. 

The methods used in the robbery immediately led to speculation that the Pink Panthers – a notorious gang of criminals from Eastern Europe – had struck again.

The gang earned their name in 1993 after stealing a £500,000 diamond from a jewellers in Mayfair, London, and hiding it in a jar of face cream – a tactic copied from the 1963 film The Pink Panther, starring Peter Sellers as the bungling Inspector Clouseau. 

 

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