French police arrest British officer for drug trafficking

A British border force officer was arrested in northern France last week as part of Franco-British operation against suspected drug and weapon smuggling, according to local reports.

The 37-year-old man and three other British nationals were detained on Oct. 6 near the northern city of Dunkerque and placed into custody, Le Point magazine reported.

During the operation, police seized 34 kg of cocaine, 7 kg of heroin and a dozen of firearms, it added.

The man, a border guard "had taken advantage of his position to transfer the drug and weapons to Britain by using the service vehicle by via the Channel Tunnel," a source close to the affair was quoted as saying.