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French pilots who fled Caribbean over drug convictions arrested
Source: Associated Press
French pilots who fled Caribbean over drug convictions arrested
Associated Press in Paris
Monday 2 November 2015 15.52 GMT
Two French pilots who escaped the Dominican Republic to avoid 20-year prison terms for cocaine trafficking have been arrested at their homes and brought before a judge.
Pascal Fauret and Bruno Odos fled the Caribbean nation on 27 October despite a court order to remain there pending appeal. They have denied wrongdoing, saying they did not know the private plane they had been hired to fly was carrying 26 suitcases of cocaine.
Eric Dupond-Moretti, the lawyer for Odos, criticised how the arrests in France were handled.
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Associated Press in Paris
Monday 2 November 2015 15.52 GMT
Two French pilots who escaped the Dominican Republic to avoid 20-year prison terms for cocaine trafficking have been arrested at their homes and brought before a judge.
Pascal Fauret and Bruno Odos fled the Caribbean nation on 27 October despite a court order to remain there pending appeal. They have denied wrongdoing, saying they did not know the private plane they had been hired to fly was carrying 26 suitcases of cocaine.
Eric Dupond-Moretti, the lawyer for Odos, criticised how the arrests in France were handled.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/02/french-pilots-who-fled-caribbean-over-drug-conviction-arrested
