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Within the lengthy custom of true crime docuseries, Netflix France has introduced the discharge of a brand new docuseries devoted to the Air Cocaine case, which made nationwide headlines again in 2013. Right here’s what it’s essential know in regards to the documentary.
On March 20, 2013, 4 French nationals have been arrested on board a personal jet on the Punta Cana airport, Dominican Republic: two ex-air pressure pilots and two passengers about to take off for Saint-Tropez. On board: 700 kg of cocaine saved in 26 suitcases. None of them has the profile of a global drug smuggler, and nobody is aware of who the bags belongs to. Who isn’t telling the entire reality? Who’s concerned within the case? And what’s hiding behind the mountain of medication?
First introduced final March at Séries Mania, the docuseries (episode rely unavailable) is scheduled to be launched globally on Netflix on June eleventh. The present is considered one of two present documentary tasks round French cocaine drug rings, the opposite one being across the dockers in Le Havre beneath stress from worldwide drug cartels, and entitled Cocaine Cargo. Talking with Vainness Truthful final March, head of documentaries for France Dolorès Emile added that “we couldn’t move on the undertaking. All of the elements for a terrific story have been there from the start: 4 French residents arrested within the Dominican Republic, on a aircraft owned by [French eyewear businessman] Alain Afflelou, an unbelievable escape plot, the reveal that [former French president] used to fly aboard this very same aircraft…”
The primary look will give attention to a number of key witnesses on the case, and extra importantly undertake the viewpoint of the pilots concerned within the case.”On this case, many individuals have been heard and arrested, besides the precise culprits, and that’s the story we’ve got determined to inform”, added Dolorès Emile. The documentary additionally interviews the previous lawyer for the 2 pilots, who would go on to be appointed French Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti. Beneath are just a few extra first seems to be for the undertaking.
Lawyer for the protection of the pilots Éric Dupond-Moretti. (Cr : Premières Lignes/Netflix)
French personal plane pilot Bruno Odos, one of many fundamental actors within the case. (Cr : Premières Lignes/Netflix)
June can be a busy month for brand new documentary arrivals on Netflix, with Titan: The OceanGate Catastrophe dropping on June sixth, alongside Cocaine Air: Smugglers at 30,000 Ft. Moreover, three episodes of Trainwreck are scheduled to drop throughout the month. You will discover the complete list of what’s coming up on Netflix throughout June 2025 right here.