Alain Afflelou, who owns Europe’s largest chain of optician franchises, was not on the plane at the time and was said to be “stunned” by the discovery. The plane had been leased out to Lyon-based Transhelicopter Services company, and was due to fly from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic to Yvelines airport near Paris, via the Azores. The 12-seater aircraft, a Falcon 50, was detained a week ago when 26 suitcases containing 700kg of cocaine were discovered. Officials in the Caribbean country arrested 35 people in the raid, including soldiers, police and Dominican customs agents, who were suspected of being part of a drug trafficking ring. Four of those arrested were French.
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