French Customs Seize 582 Kilos Of Cocaine In Container From Martinique
Customs seizes suspected cocaine worth about HK$660,000 at airport | |
Customs seize meth, cocaine and heroin worth HK$230m | |
Dutch Customs find €225m of cocaine hidden inside a shipment of banana puree |
The seizure took place on Tuesday.
But the French Ministry of the Economy announced it in a press release on Friday.
According to the release, quoted by French media, a dog from the Customs canine team picked up the scent of the drugs from a sofa, among other furniture in the container.
When officers dismantled the sofa, they discovered 54 packets of cocaine.
They also found hundreds of packets of the drug concealed in other furniture.
It was the second seizure of drugs from Martinique within less than a month.
On July 20, French law enforcers seized 70 kg of cocaine in another container from the French Caribbean Island.
They found the drugs in two sofas.
Nearly 40 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes seized in France French Customs (Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects), supported by Europol, arrested two suspected members of ... |
And they have declared that the market for cocaine is expanding.
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