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| France Seizes 1.3 Tonnes of Cocaine from Venezuela |
| 2013-09-22 |
| [An Nahar] French police have seized 1.3 tonnes of pure cocaine found on board an Air La Belle France cargo plane, Interior Minister Manuel Valls announced Saturday. The drugs, seized on September 11, had been packed into 30 suitcases, Valls told a news conference in Nanterre, outside Gay Paree. A source close to the investigation said the flight had originated in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, adding that the haul had a street value of some 200 million euros ($270 million). It was the biggest drug seizure ever carried out in the Gay Paree region, Valls said, displaying the 30 empty suitcases that had contained the cocaine and were not linked to any of the passengers on the flight. Valls said four tonnes of cocaine has been seized in La Belle France since the start of the year. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Well, at least Venezuela has another source of foreign currency besides the tar they call oil. Although this particular shipment got intercepted. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-09-22 11:17 |
| #1 Bummer. A ton of cocaine would buy a lot of toilet paper. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-09-22 01:31 |