Jewellery stolen in raid on Paris Ritz

ARMED robbers have stolen jewellery reportedly worth millions of pounds from the Ritz hotel in Paris.

French police said that five thieves, some of them armed, entered the luxury hotel and stole goods worth “an important sum”.

The French TV station BFM said that jewels worth £4.16 million had been taken.

The robbers appear to have entered the Reza jewellery store through a side street entrance, smashed display cases and taken the valuables.

A police spokesman said that no one was injured in the robbery which happened around 6.30pm yesterday.

He said that three robbers were arrested and the other two got away.

The officer would not confirm reports that jewels were stolen from a hotel shop or that the robbers were armed with hatchets.