Added ingredient: Coca-Cola workers find cocaine in juice shipment
by The Associated Press
Workers at a Coca-Cola factory in the town of Signes, France found sacks containing 370 kilograms hidden in a shipping container
The Coca-Cola plant in France produces concentrates for various drinks. PHOTO: Coca-Cola Co.
The Coca-Cola factory in the town of Signes, near the Mediterranean coast, produces concentrates for various drinks. A spokesman for Coca-Cola France says employees immediately notified police and judicial authorities have opened an investigation.
Sacks containing 370 kilograms (815 pounds) of cocaine were hidden in a shipping container holding orange juice from Costa Rica, the spokesman said. The Marseille prosecutor’s office said August 30 it opened an investigation into trafficking and importing illegal drugs.
Coca leaves were reportedly used in the original Coca-Cola drink in the 19th century, although the company says cocaine has never been an “added ingredient.”
