Cocaine worth £1million in bag of holidaymaker on flight from Dominican Republic to French Riviera

#cocaine #drugmule #NiceAirport #drugsmugglers #FrenchRiviera A tourist became an unsuspecting drug mule when Directorate-General of Customs in France discovered 18 packages of cocaine weighing 46lbs (21-Kg) stuffed inside a suitcase that was abandoned on the baggage carousel. The suitcase had the name of the tourist on it but it did not belong to him.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 4 April 2015.

The tentative value of the illicit drugs was more than €1.3million (£950,000) in street value and the stuff were in a suitcase that arrived at the airport in Nice on a flight from the Dominican Republic.
Customs officers detained the individual who was waiting for his luggage at the airport and after interrogation were convinced that the bag did not belong to him and that he had nothing to do with the smuggling of drugs.
The investigators believe that this could be the handiwork of smugglers in the Dominican Republic who would have filled the suitcase with cocaine and used the tourist’s identity. Their intention could have been to sneak the drugs into France through Nice Cote d’Azur International Airport.
The authorities are trying to find out who packed the bag and how it wound up on the transatlantic flight.

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