Contraband handbags, diamonds and vodka auctioned off by French government

France’s finance ministry is auctioning off customs contraband in an “extraordinary sale” featuring platinum bars seized en route to the UK, designer handbags, valuable historic coins, several collections of uncut diamonds and 2,016 bottles of vodka. The 350 lots – valued collectively at about €1m – also include a Volkswagen Golf stopped at France’s border with Spain … Read more