Cocaine with a street value of up to £42 million has been discovered at a Coca-Cola factory in southern France.
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“When opened, the factory staff discovered that there were bags containing cocaine concealed inside”, he told Reuters.
The cocaine was seized at a Coca-Cola plant in Signes, France, north of Toulon. However, security officials said that initial investigations had shown that no Coca-Cola employee was knowingly involved in the drug delivery.
Workers at a Coca Cola factory in France have found 370 kg of cocaine in a shipping container, the media reported. The Signes factory produces concentrates for various beverages. Following the discovery on Thursday, the workers notified judicial police in Marseilles, who have since launched an investigation.
Jean-Denis Malgras, the local Coca-Cola head, described the find as a “very unpleasant surprise”. Details revealed that the shipment had arrived at the plant on August 26, from Costa Rica.
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It is generally believed that early versions of Coca-Cola itself contained coca leaf extract, but the company says that cocaine was never an “added ingredient”. He created the original recipe for the world’s most popular drink in 1886.
