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$270 million worth of cocaine found on Air France flight

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(CNN) -- There was something odd about the 30 suitcases that showed up on a flight from Venezuela. The colorful bags weren't registered to any of the passengers on the plane. When French officials opened them up, they discovered why -- 1.3 tons of pure cocaine were stuffed inside the anonymous bags. (www.cnn.com) 기타...

Torsten Hoff

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Musketeer1 10년 전 2

Shoot, they got half of my shipment.

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bentwing60 10년 전 4

Bummer, and where was the company employee who was supposed to reroute those bags to the buyer. Sum ting wong.

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THRUSTT 10년 전 1

Somebody and their family is already dead over this...

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PhotoFinish 10년 전 1

... and more to follow.

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PhotoFinish 10년 전 2

A planeload of passengers sitting over 1.3 tons of cocaine the whole way across the Atlantic. Talk about flying high on cocaine.

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joel wiley 10년 전 1

The put it on the wrong plane. It was supposed to go elsewhere. Someone is going to face disciplinary action for the mistake.
Maybe the cartel won't notice?

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Ric Wernicke 10년 전 1

Does anyone check the facts of the story? 1.3 Tons in 30 suitcases is 87 lbs each. Loadmaster is not going to let that happen. The French put a value of 270 million on the shipment. That crap sells for 20K per kilo in Los Angeles. Total value is $ 23.6 million. If you want wholesale, It is about $ 1,800/ kilo in Columbia or a paltry $ 2.1 million for the whole enchilada. Looks like they will need to work a half day Saturday to replace this.

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Musketeer1 10년 전 2

Where have you been? Facts don't make headlines man!

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Torsten Hoff 10년 전 1

1.3 tons is 2866 pounds, that's 95 pounds per suitcase.

A bunch of people in different capacities must have known about this and looked the other way. Maybe that includes the loadmaster.

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ChrisMD123 10년 전 1

It's either 2866 pounds or 2600, depending on whether they were using metric or short tons. Hence the discrepancy between your calculations.

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Roland Dent 10년 전 2

All metric on AF. 1kg=2.2lbs

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ChrisMD123 10년 전 1

Agreed - I doubt that CNN bothered to change the units, even though their audience is primarily American.

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joel wiley 10년 전 1

Not to mention the thirty-first bag.....

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darius webb 10년 전 1

Well, 23M is the wholesale, but the street value can be up to 10x that once it gets cut a few times. Either way, that's a lot baggage going to the lost and found.

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$270 million worth of cocaine found on Air France flight

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