Sacks containing 370kg of
the drug - with a potential street value of about €50m (£42.3m) - were
discovered, local newspaper Var-Matin reported.
Workers at a Coca-Cola
factory found a huge stash of cocaine inside a shipment of fruit juice in
southern France.
"You can well imagine
the surprise," said a spokesman for Coca-Cola.
The staff unearthed the
haul when they opened a delivery of fruit juice concentrate from Costa Rica
last Friday.
They immediately alerted
police and were ruled out as potential suspects.
An investigation into
trafficking and importing of illegal drugs has been launched by the Marseille
prosecutor's office.
The factory, situated in
the town of Signes, near the Mediterranean, produces concentrates for various
drinks.
It would taint Coca cola's image
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