A sign forbidding access to people is posted at the entrance of the Plage du Gressier in Le Porge, southwestern France, on November 11, 2019 after suspect packages allegedly containing cocaine were found on the beach on November 10. -AFP
RENNES, FRANCE (AFP): French authorities have closed beaches in southwest France as packages of cocaine and other drugs continue to wash up daily along the Atlantic coast, with nearly 900 kilogrammes discovered since mid-October, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Officials say the cocaine is extremely pure at some 83 percent, warning people who find the packages not to touch them but to warn the police.
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