Thieves Nab Pile Of Gold In Brazen Highway Robbery

Police said they are hunting fields and towns in southeast France for four thieves who stole dozens of kilograms of gold Monday from an armored truck before setting cars ablaze near a major highway. The thieves, operating in two cars, surrounded the armored truck and forced it off the A6 highway between Paris and Lyon, a national gendarme service spokesman said. They then seized the gold, locked the two delivery men in the back of the truck, and set one of their own cars on fire before fleeing, according to the spokesman.