2 TONS OF COCAINE FOUND ON VENEZUELAN BOAT

What France called one of its biggest cocaine seizures on record, officers
in the French Caribbean seized 2 tons of cocaine from a Venezuelan fishing
trawler.

French Navy ships and surveillance aircraft had tracked the trawler for six
days, said Michel Cadot, the top French official on Martinique.

With Venezuela's approval, French officers boarded the boat, Cadot said.
The cocaine was discovered in about 60 bags within welded panels in the
boat's bow. The eight crew members were detained, Cadot said, and would be
turned over to Venezuela after being processed on Martinique.