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Two Bulgarian citizens were detained in France after 578 kg of cocaine worth 40 million euros were found in their truck, AFP reported.
The two truck drivers were brought before a judge to be charged with drug importation and trafficking. The prosecutor's office has asked for a detention order to be issued and specifies that the two may receive up to 10 years in prison.
The drug was discovered on Monday during a check on the A63 highway between Bayonne and Bordeaux, customs and prosecutors said in two separate statements on Friday.
During the search with a specially trained dog, the presence of 578 kg of cocaine, packed in packages arranged in pallets among the legal cargo of faience tiles, was found, the prosecutor's office announced.
A total of 501 packages of cocaine were counted among the pallets of tiles that the truck with Bulgarian registration was supposed to transport between Spain and the Netherlands.
A total of 7,000 euros in cash were found in the compartment of the truck and with one of the two drivers.
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