Two French anti-narcotics cops accused of drug trafficking

PARIS: Two French anti-narcotics police officers on Friday were indicted on charges including drug trafficking and money laundering by magistrates tasked with fighting organised crime, the Paris public prosecutor´s office said.

Both officers, who worked for the national anti-drug agency Ofast in the southern coastal city of Marseille, were implicated in an investigation involving the smuggling of at least 360 kilogrammes of cocaine from Colombia, the office added. After being placed in police custody on Monday, the two accused were indicted on charges including “importation and trafficking of drugs in an organised gang, money laundering, criminal conspiracy, (and) forgery of a public document”.