法國可口可樂工廠驚現5000萬歐元可卡因

Cocaine with a street value of up to 50 million euros has been discovered at a Coca-Cola plant in France.

在法國的一家可口可樂工廠竟發現了價值高達5000萬歐元的可卡因。

The drug, hidden in bags among a delivery of orange juice concentrate, arrived in a container from South America.

據悉，這些毒品以袋裝形式藏在從南美運來的一批濃縮橙汁的集裝箱裏。

An investigation is under way in Signes, a village in southern France.

目前調查正在法國南部一個名爲錫涅的小鎮進行。

The seizure of 370kg of cocaine makes it one of the largest finds on French soil.

此次一共收繳了370公斤的可卡因，是法國本土發現的最大毒品案件之一。

The prosecutor of Toulon, Xavier Tarabeux, said the delivery "has a street value of 50 million euros" and referred to it as "a very bad surprise".

法國土倫檢察官澤維爾·達哈布表示，這批毒品“價值5000萬歐元”，並稱此次發現是“一個非常糟糕的驚喜”。

Employees at the Coca-Cola plant have been ruled out of any involvement as investigators attempt to trace the origin of the drug.

當調查員試圖追蹤這批毒品的來源時，該可口可樂工廠的工人們被排除了涉案嫌疑。

"The first elements of the investigation have shown that employees are in no way involved," Jean-Denis Malgras, the regional president of Coca-Cola, told local news website Var-Matin.

可口可樂該地區總裁讓·丹尼斯在接受當地新聞網站Var-Matin採訪時表示：“初步調查顯示，公司員工沒有捲入其中。”

The original Coca-Cola formula, created in 1886 by US pharmacist John Pemberton, is believed to have contained traces of cocaine derived from coca leaf extract.

可口可樂最原始的配方是由美國藥劑師約翰·彭伯頓在1886年所創，據說添加有從古柯葉中提取而來的可卡因。

The last big seizure of cocaine involving French authorities was in April 2015, when French customs officers aided in the arrest of two men caught trying to sail a yacht loaded with 250kg of the drug to the UK.

法國當局上次發現大批可卡因是在2015年4月，當時法國海關官員協助逮捕了兩名試圖用遊艇載運250千克可卡因前往英國的男子。