Half-a-dozen beaches near the southwestern city of Bordeaux in France have been closed down as packages of cocaine continue to wash up on the Atlantic coast, with nearly 900 kilograms worth discovered since mid-October.
The closure followed a 17-year-old being caught with 5-kg of cocaine at a surfing beach near Bordeaux.
Philippe Astruc, the prosecutor in the western city of Rennes, the city of coordinating the searches, has reported that the huge jump from 763 to 872 kilos of cocaine has since eased, but he warned
people not to touch it due to its high intensity.