A report on Wednesday in Paris said 370 kilogrammes of cocaine worth 55.6 million dollars street value was found at the Coca-Cola factory plant in southern France.
The report also said that Coca-Cola might have taken the cocaine out of its fizzy brew over a century ago.
It stated that the cocaine was discovered last Friday in a container delivered from an orange juice supplier in Costa Rica to a Coca-Cola location in Signes, north of Toulon.
It noted that the multinational beverage company is best known for the popular carbonated drink that shares its name.
It confirmed that the soft drinks giant was originally intended as a patent medicine and contained small amounts of cocaine as stimulant until the early 20th century.
Meanwhile, Jean-Denis Malgras, the Head of the plant, had described the discovery as a “very nasty surprise.”
However, security officials said that initial investigations had shown that no Coca-Cola employee was knowingly involved in the drug delivery. (dpa/NAN)