Frenchman Christophe Naudin was freed from prison in France on conditional release on grounds of poor health. The aviation expert had been instrumental in helping two French pilots sentenced to 20 years in Dominican jail for their participation in cocaine smuggling from the Dominican Republic to France.
55-year old Naudi was released on Saturday, 12 May 2018. His lawyer, Stephen Monod, had said that Naudin was eligible for release for good behavior. Naudin had been sentenced to five years in prison in Najayo Men’s Jail for helping the pilots Bruno Odos and Pascal Fauret in the Air Cocaine case. The pilots claimed they were not aware of the 680 kilos of cocaine in 26 suitcases they transported on a private plane from Punta Cana to Saint Tropez.
Naudin was serving a prison sentence in Higuey prior to an agreement that was reached with the Dominican judiciary that allowed him to serve out his sentence in France at the Villepinte jail in Seine-Saint Denis.
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Ouest France
14 May 2018
