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Ton of pure cocaine found on Air France plane

More than a ton of cocaine was seized at a Paris airport after it was found packed into 30 suitcases carried on a passenger plane.

French police, who had been working with British, Dutch and Spanish colleagues, discovered the 1.3-ton haul on a flight to Charles De Gaulle airport from the Venezuelan capital Caracas.

The cocaine, which was carried on an Air France plane, had a street value of around $270M.

French Interior Minister Manuel Valls said it was the biggest find of its type in metropolitan France.

Six people have been arrested so far, he said.

Read more at Sky News.