A gang of thieves has attacked two heavily guarded vans at a French motorway toll booth, making off with about nine million euros ($A14.44 million) in jewels.
Sources close to the investigation said on Wednesday the heist took place about midnight on the A6 motorway at the Avallon toll booth, about 200 kilometres southeast of Paris.
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The local prosecutor from the city of Auxerre told news agency AFP no one was hurt in the robbery.
Police have set up a perimeter with air support in a bid to catch the robbers.
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