Aix-en-Provence seized record cocaine haul

lefigaro.fr (French)

Aix-en-Provence customs officers seized over 206 kilos of cocaine at a toll booth, a regional record. The drugs were found hidden in sports bags. The seizure, the largest of its kind in the region this year, occurred on July 26th on the A8 motorway. The cocaine was discovered in a Romanian-registered truck during a routine inspection. The truck driver, who claimed to be transporting wood and aluminum from Spain to Italy, was sentenced to four years in prison, with two years suspended, and fined over 13 million euros.


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