The drugs were detected in several containers of a ship coming from Chile. In the scanning process, the presence of several sport bags was revealed among a load of wooden floors where 450 loaves of cocaine were found hidden.

Speaking of the seizure French Minister Delegate, Olivier Dussopt said: “This remarkable knowledge illustrates the active role of the customs services in the port sector, which implement their targeting skills and technical guidelines on a daily basis to combat trafficking.”

French Customs have been operating the HCVM XL X-ray inspection systems since 2021. That year, French Customs seized 18 tons of cocaine on the national territory, a +106% increase compared to 2020.