Suspected drug trafficker shoots customs officer at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport

A customs officer was injured by a bullet this afternoon inside the airport Roissy Charles de Gaulle her Frances when it opened fire against her a Peruvian woman who had been arrested for trafficking several kilos of cocaine.

The employee “was injured by a person of Peruvian nationality who was being held under investigationBobini’s prosecutor’s office said, confirming an information from Valeurs Actuelles magazine as relayed by the Athens News Agency. The suspect managed to grab the customs officer’s gun and fired only one bulletinjuring the employee in the abdomen, according to this source.

The attack occurred as the employee was escorting the prisoner to the toilet, the Solidaires Douanes union said. “We narrowly avoided a tragedy”the unionists said in their statement, hailing the “professionalism” of the other customs officers who managed to subdue the suspect before she could fire again.

During the search, three kilograms of cocaine were found in the luggage of the young Peruvian woman. The woman was taken into custody and charged with attempted manslaughter and drug law violations.

According to French authorities, more than 157 tonnes of drugs, mainly cannabis and cocaine, were seized last year, an all-time record for the country.

Source: News Beast

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