New stranding of cocaine breads on a beach in Pas-de-Calais

When the sea rises.

Thursday morning, several cocaine loaves, weighing a total of around 21 kg, were discovered on the beach at Berck, in Pas-de-Calais, we learned from the prosecution.

"Twenty-one kilos of cocaine were discovered by a walker", who immediately alerted the police, the deputy prosecutor of Boulogne-sur-Mer, Patrick Leleu, told AFP, confirming information from the daily

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More than a million euros at retail resale

The estimated average amount at retail resale, with prices per gram between 50 and 70 euros, is 1.3 million euros.

The prosecution seized the judicial police, he added, specifying that the drugs probably came from the sea but that the investigation should confirm it.

Already last September, a dozen cocaine loaves were found on several beaches in Pas-de-Calais, between Ambleteuse and Cap Gris-Nez.

The media coverage of this discovery had brought many individuals arriving in the area, particularly from the Paris region.

Many cocaine loaves wash up on the beaches of Pas-de-Calais

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