France customs intercept 826kg of cocaine from truck

French customs seized 826 kilograms of cocaine from a truck at a rest area in southeast France. The drugs were intercepted on Saturday, and the Polish driver was arrested. The cocaine is valued at approximately 24 million euros. In 2023, French customs confiscated 53.5 tonnes of cocaine, more than double the amount from the previous year. Cocaine use in France has also surged, with 1.1 million people reported to have used it at least once last year. This marks a significant increase from 600,000 users in 2022. France now ranks seventh in Europe for cocaine consumption, according to a report from the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.