Vatican car seized with cocaine, cannabis
17 Sep 2014 10:46 PM GMT
The Vatican was left red-faced on Tuesday after it emerged that a car bearing its diplomatic plates had been stopped in France with four kilogrammes of cocaine on board.
The car, which also contained 200 grammes (seven ounces) of cannabis, belonged to 91-year-old Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mejia, emeritus librarian at the Holy See, who retired in 2003 and who is currently bedridden.
Pope Francis, a fellow Argentinian, visited Mejia, who was confined to a hospital in Rome after a heart attack, just two days after being elected.
French radio reported that the cardinal’s private secretary entrusted the vehicle to two Italian men to take it for its annual check-up.
The car, which also contained 200 grammes (seven ounces) of cannabis, belonged to 91-year-old Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mejia, emeritus librarian at the Holy See, who retired in 2003 and who is currently bedridden.
Pope Francis, a fellow Argentinian, visited Mejia, who was confined to a hospital in Rome after a heart attack, just two days after being elected.
French radio reported that the cardinal’s private secretary entrusted the vehicle to two Italian men to take it for its annual check-up.
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