North: customs seizes more than a ton of cocaine at the port of Loon-Plage

The customs surveillance brigade of the port of Loon-Plage near Dunkirk (North) on Monday seized 1.3 tonnes of cocaine in a container filled with bags of rice from South America, AFP learned on Wednesday. August from a source close to the case.

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According to Phare Dunkirk , which revealed the information with France Bleu, it would be Suriname. " Seizures rarely exceed a ton in France, it is in any case a record in Dunkirk, " said this source, attributing this seizure " to the flair " of customs officers. Customs officers checked this container at the quayside during a transshipment and seized the drugs. No arrests have taken place for the time being.

The gram of cocaine is sold, depending on the period, between 60 and 70 euros, said this source. The Dunkirk prosecutor's office relinquished jurisdiction in favor of the specialized interregional jurisdiction of Lille (Jirs) which entrusted the investigation to the Lille judicial police. In May, 1.4 tonnes of cocaine were seized at the port of Le Havre.