A French fighter jet intercepted a tourist plane over a remote region of France over the weekend, leading the pilot of the small aircraft to throw out more than a dozen bags of suspected drugs.
A French fighter jet intercepted a tourist plane over a remote region of France over the weekend, leading the pilot of the small aircraft to throw out more than a dozen bags of suspected drugs, security and air force sources told AFP.
As the Rafale fighter jet drew near, the air force pilot"witnessed very erratic behavior in the cockpit , real agitation," a military spokesman told AFP.The suspected trafficker, a Polish national with a past drugs offense, was arrested after he landed at an airstrip in Lanas in the Ardeche region, the local prosecutor's office said in a statement on Tuesday.
This photograph taken on June 23, 2023, shows a Rafale fighter jet performing an exhibition flight demonstration during the International Paris Air Show at the Paris-Le Bourget Airport. They also found more than 45,000 euros in the cockpit of the Polish-registered plane, as well as in the pilot's bag.
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