Police are investigating to determine if other stores may be affected.
Cocaine per kilo was found in cassava roots in two supermarkets in Ile-de-France, including a Leclerc in Orly (Val-de-Marne), the Créteil prosecutor’s office told AFP on Friday, confirming information from Parisian. It was a customer who alerted the police after buying cassava in which the white powder was found “in the form of tubes” in the Leclerc d’Orly, the public prosecutor told AFP. The police seized on the night of Thursday to Friday 1.6 kilos of drugs in this supermarket.
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An investigation for drug trafficking was opened and entrusted to the judicial police of Val-de-Marne. According to a source familiar with the matter, investigators are looking into whether other stores or their suppliers are affected. More than 4 kilos of cocaine had previously been seized on Tuesday under similar conditions in an independent supermarket in Fleury-Mérogis (Essonne), according to The Parisian.