--- description: Workers at a Coca-Cola factory in France uncovered more than 800 pounds of cocaine valued at $56 million in a shipment of orange juice title: Cocaine Found at Coca-Cola Factory in France image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8225ec658f309c35/6988a47dcf40a81aeec44ac5/cocaine-coca-cola-france.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # $56 Million of Cocaine Found at Coca-Cola Factory in France  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Sep 1, 2016 3:11 PM CUT  Empty Coca-Cola Classic cans move along a conveyor at a Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. production facility in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016\. Coca-Cola Amatil is scheduled to report full-year results on Feb. 17\. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg via Getty Images Empty Coca-Cola Classic cans move along a conveyor at a Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. production facility in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016\. Coca-Cola Amatil is scheduled to report full-year results on Feb. 17\. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Sep 1, 2016 3:11 PM CUT Workers at a Coca-Cola factory in Southern France uncovered more than 800 pounds of cocaine valued at $56 million in a shipment of orange juice, according to a [report](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8de86f18abf245259e844957f7837ad7/french-coca-cola-workers-find-smuggled-cocaine-shipment "undefined"). A Coca-Cola spokesperson told the Associated Press that employees immediately informed police, who are now investigating. The orange juice shipment had just arrived from Costa Rica. The incident is one of [several](http://time.com/4428220/cocaine-jetblue-planes-florida/ "undefined") [cocaine smuggling](http://time.com/4474824/canada-cruise-ship-cocaine-arrest/ "undefined") [busts](http://time.com/4475436/cocaine-smuggling-women-canadian-instagram-cruise/ "undefined") in recent weeks. Three Canadians were arrested in Australia for smuggling $22 million of cocaine on a cruise ship. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4475980/cocaine-coca-cola-factory-france/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4475980/cocaine-coca-cola-factory-france/"},"headline":"$56 Million of Cocaine Found at Coca-Cola Factory in France","datePublished":"2016-09-01T15:11:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:21:09.929Z","description":"The contraband had arrived from Costa Rica","url":"https://time.com/4475980/cocaine-coca-cola-factory-france/","keywords":["France","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8225ec658f309c35/6988a47dcf40a81aeec44ac5/cocaine-coca-cola-france.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8225ec658f309c35/6988a47dcf40a81aeec44ac5/cocaine-coca-cola-france.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"coca-cola cocaine france","caption":"coca-cola cocaine france","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4475980/cocaine-coca-cola-factory-france/","name":"$56 Million of Cocaine Found at Coca-Cola Factory in France"}}]}] ```