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CARACAS, Friday November 27, 2009 | Update
French Navy finds vessel filled with cocaine from Venezuela
Politics
The French Navy interdicted a sailboat carrying 968 kilograms of cocaine estimated at about USD 59.7 million bound to the Netherlands Antilles from Venezuela, the French government reported on Friday.
French customs officials found the vessel in front of the French Antilles and tracked it for some weeks, the Ministry of Defense said in a press release, Reuters quoted.
Four customs officials onboard a patrol boat of the Navy seized the sailboat and the cargo on Thursday in front of Saint Marteen and detained three people of French and Spanish citizenship, the ministry added.
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