Cocaine Air: Smugglers at 30,000 Ft.: French True-Crime Docuseries Gets Premiere Date

Netflix has set the premiere date for Cocaine Air: Smugglers at 30,000 Ft., a new true-crime docuseries from France.

Cocaine Air: Smugglers at 30,000 Ft., is about a real-life crime, dubbed “Air Cocaine” by the media, that took place more than a decade ago — and caused a huge scandal for former French president Nicolas Sarkozy when he was investigated for a possible link to the criminal activity (although this might not be covered in the show).

Here’s what happened: On March 20, 2013, four French nationals, including the pilot and co-pilot, both ex-military flyers, and two passengers, were about to take off for Saint-Tropez, France, from the airport in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on a Falcon 50 jet. Except they were grounded, as it were, by authorities who arrested them for cocaine trafficking due to the 680kg (~ 1500 lbs) of cocaine found in 26 suitcases on board the private plane.

The thing is, none of them had the profile of an international drug smuggler, and no one knew who the luggage belonged to. So, who was telling the truth and who wasn’t? Who was involved in the case? And what was hiding behind the mountain of drugs?

Cocaine Air: Smugglers at 30,000 Ft., a Netflix Docuseries, premieres globally on Wednesday, June 11, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)

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