French police said today they had seized a record 1.4 tonnes of cocaine at the port of Le Havre, in a "severe blow" to an international drug trafficking chain.
A police source said at least one person had been arrested during the raid at the northern port, which took place yesterday after a "long and thorough" investigation.
No further details were immediately available. Interior Minister Manuel Valls was to make a statement on the case later today.
The previous record cocaine haul in France was the seizure in September of 1.3 tonnes of the drug, hidden in 30 suitcases, from an Air France flight from Venezuela.
More than 20 people, including an Air France employee in Caracas, were jailed in that case.
