$270 million in cocaine found on flight
Venezuelan authorities on Wednesday announced additional
arrests in connection with a massive shipment of cocaine in an Air France
flight from Caracas that landed in Paris. In a prepared statement, the
Venezuelan Attorney General's Office said 17 people have been arrested in the
drug trafficking case. The flight originated at Simon Bolivar International
Airport in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital. An Air France executive in
Venezuela, six airline employees, a security guard and a loading platform
supervisor are among those arrested. Eight members of the Venezuelan national
guard are also in custody and were scheduled to appear in front of a judge. The
street value of the stash is about 200 million euros, or $270 million.
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