Stash of medicine drops from the sky as France scrambles fighter jets

By India Today World Desk: A pilot dumped baggage suspected to have contained medicine from the air after his aircraft was intercepted by a Rafale fighter jet in France. The single-seated vacationer aircraft’s pilot is claimed to be a smuggler, who threw medicine over a distant French area.

Fifteen packets of contraband had been discovered scattered throughout the French area, and contained almost 70 kilos of ‘white powder’. The materials discovered is shipped for evaluation.

The aircraft flew close to a nuclear plant in restricted airspace in Ardèche, and was maneuvering suspiciously. When authorities had been alerted about it, they went to verify on the plane and “witnessed very erratic behavior in the cockpit, real agitation,” a navy spokesperson informed AFP.

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“Over the course of a few minutes, he saw the door open and packages being thrown out,” he mentioned. After throwing medicine from the air, the smuggler landed his aircraft at an airstrip in Ardèche, the place officers arrested him.

He was recognized as a Polish nationwide with a historical past of drug offenses, the native prosecutor’s workplace mentioned. The small aircraft was additionally registered to Poland. A search led to the restoration of roughly 45,000 euros in its cockpit.

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