1.5t of cocaine found in Dakar truck

It has come to light that a Dakar support truck team has been arrested after 1.5tons of cocaine was found wrapped in plastic bags hidden inside the tyres. French officials smelt something fishy as soon as the truck left the boat a week ago. The team in question is Spanish based Epsilon Team, two members have been arrested so far. Latercera puts the value of the drugs seized at “some 270 million euros” (370 million US dollars). What a way to end an amazing race…