Nearly a Ton of Cocaine Washes up on French Beach

Gendarmes of the canine "cynophile" unit patrols the beach of the Blankenese battery in Neville sur Mer, northwestern France, on March 2, 2023, after cocaine packed in bags had washed up on the Channel coast. Lou Benoist/AFP via Getty Images

Maritime police in northwest France found nearly a ton of cocaine washed up on a beach on the English Channel on Feb. 26.

The drugs were found near the town of Reville on the Cotentin Peninsula, according to France’s maritime authority for the English Channel and North Sea.