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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) Más...

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Musketeer1
Musketeer1 2
Shoot, they got half of my shipment.
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bentwing60
bentwing60 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
THRUSTT 1
Somebody and their family is already dead over this...
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PhotoFinish
PhotoFinish 1
... and more to follow.
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PhotoFinish
PhotoFinish 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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joelwiley
joel wiley 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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Moviela
Ric Wernicke 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
Musketeer1 2
Where have you been? Facts don't make headlines man!
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TorstenHoff
Torsten Hoff 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
ChrisMD123 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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Derg
Roland Dent 2
All metric on AF. 1kg=2.2lbs
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ChrisMD123
ChrisMD123 1
Agreed - I doubt that CNN bothered to change the units, even though their audience is primarily American.
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joelwiley
joel wiley 1
Not to mention the thirty-first bag.....
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dqwebb
darius webb 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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