French police seize 6 tonnes of cannabis in drug bust
Updated | By sibahle motha
The drug bust came after months of investigation and is one of the biggest seizures of cannabis in France in recent years.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement that police had tracked the three men believed to be involved in a vast drug trafficking network to Marseille and the nearby town of Vitrolles on Sunday.
They found 5.6 tonnes of hashish in a villa and another 150 kilos of the drug in a car.
Cazeneuve, who will visit Marseille later Monday, congratulated officers on their "major success".
In 2013, French customs officers seized 7.5 tonnes of cannabis in one day, with 5.5 tonnes found in a truck carrying courgettes and another two tonnes in a truck carrying oranges.
The biggest ever cannabis seizure in France was in 1999 when 23.5 tonnes was seized in one haul. -AFP
(File Photo: Getty Images)
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