A family with two young children was intercepted at Pointe-à-Pitre airport in Guadeloupe with 2.3 kg of cocaine on Friday and the husband remanded in custody, the prosecution said.
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The family with two children aged 2 and 5 was “intercepted on his departure from Pointe-à-Pitre towards the metropolis with frozen conch in his luggage”a Creole dish, in which customs officers discovered “2.3 kg of cocaine”told AFP the prosecutor of the Republic of Pointe-à-Pitre, Patrick Desjardins, confirming information from Radio Caraïbes International.
The husband, a man in his thirties living in Guadeloupe, was “presented to an investigating judge, indicted and remanded in custody” according to the same source. The two children had to do “the subject of a provisional placement order” during the arrest of the parents, added Patrick Desjardins. The mother was released Monday at the end of her custody. “At the moment there are no charges against her”said the prosecutor, adding that an assessment was made on “the status of children”.
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The Caribbean region, close to the three main producing countries (Peru, Colombia and Bolivia), is a hub for cocaine trafficking.