Handbags, diamonds and vodka to be auctioned off by French government
by Kim Willsher in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#65CMG)
Extraordinary sale' of 350 lots of seized customs contraband is valued collectively at about 1m
France's finance ministry is auctioning off customs contraband in an extraordinary sale" featuring platinum bars seized en route to the UK, designer handbags, valuable historic coins, several collections of uncut diamonds and 2,016 bottles of vodka.
The 350 lots - valued collectively at about 1m - also include a Volkswagen Golf stopped at France's border with Spain and found to contain 480 kilograms of cannabis resin.
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