• French pilots flee drugs conviction in Dominican Republic
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[IMG]http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/175B0/production/_86346659_7c7bc9fe-e026-411f-b8fe-d910b812f09f.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE] Two French pilots who were sentenced by a court in the Dominican Republic to 20 years in prison have fled the country. Pascal Fauret and Bruno Odos were arrested in 2013 in the Dominican resort of Punta Cana. Police said their plane was carrying 26 suitcases stuffed with 680kg (1,500lb) of cocaine. The two pilots and two other Frenchmen on board were found guilty of drug trafficking. They denied the charges. According to French news channel BMFTV, the pilots had previously worked for the French navy and were helped by former intelligence agents to leave the Dominican Republic. The channel said that the ex-intelligence agents helped the pilots, who were under house arrest, reach a boat off the Dominican coast. From there they sailed to the French Antilles and then flew to Paris. [/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34647501"][B]Source[/B][/URL]
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