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French helo operator caught smuggling drugs

Police arrested Jean-Pierre Bernardini, managing director of France-based Corseus Hélicoptères, in connection with a drug-smuggling operation in late June.

By Thierry Dubois • Writer

July 29, 2008

Police arrested Jean-Pierre Bernardini, managing director of France-based Corseus Hélicoptères, in connection with a drug-smuggling operation in late June. The police watched 1,200 pounds of hashish being unloaded from a Eurocopter AS 350 Ecureuil owned by the company and arrested nine people near Béziers, in the south of the country.

According to local newspapers, the police believe smuggling has been taking place regularly since 2006. The helicopter was flying between Fes, Morocco, and France with stopovers in Spain. Hunters called the police last year when they witnessed unusual helicopter landings.

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