A tourist has a frightening tale to tell after French customs officers found a stash of cocaine in a suitcase that had his name on it but didn ’ t belong to him . French officials said the illicit drugs , worth more than €1.3million ( £950,000 ) in street value , were discovered in a suitcase that arrived at the airport in Nice on a flight from the Dominican Republic . The country ’ s Directorate-General of Customs said 18 packages containing 46lbs ( 21kg ) of cocaine were stuffed inside a suitcase that was abandoned on the baggage carousel . French customs officials at Nice airport said the drugs were found after a flight arrived from the Caribbean . Officers detained the baffled tourist , who was waiting for his luggage , at the airport and questioned him about the drugs . A statement issued by the Directorate-General of Customs said officers are satisfied that the bag did not belong to the tourist and he had nothing to do with the drug smuggling attempt . The department said their investigation found that smugglers in the Dominican Republic filled the suitcase with cocaine and used the tourist ’ s identity in an attempt to sneak the drugs into France through Nice Cote d ’ Azur International Airport . Authorities continue to investigate to find out who packed the bag and how it wound up on the transatlantic flight . Officials questioned the tourist whose name was on the bag and are satisfied he did not smuggle the cocaine . Last year French customs officers seized more than six tonnes of cocaine at the country ’ s ports of entry . A similar incident occurred last year when a college student arrived at New York ’ s John F Kennedy International Airport from Trinidad and Tobago . The 21-year-old woman called police after she opened her suitcase and found 10lbs of cocaine inside . Police believe the woman was used as an unwitting drug mule and were investigating how the drugs were placed inside her suitcase after it was checked in .
Officials said the man 's name was on a suitcase that did n't belong to him . Packages containing 46lbs of cocaine were found inside the bag . The baffled tourist was hauled in for questioning at the airport in Nice . Police are satisfied that his name was fraudulently used on the bag .