Bags containing 2.3 tonnes of cocaine wash up on Normandy coast

Drug with street value of 133m found in two batches of watertight packages

Sealed bags containing a total of 2.3 tonnes of cocaine have washed up on the northern French coast in the past few days, a source with knowledge of the find has said.

The drug was found in two batches of watertight packages on the Normandy coast, one on Sunday and one on Wednesday, the source told Agence France-Presse on Thursday.