SAS pilot who flew with
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SAS pilot who flew with cocaine in his blood sentenced

An SAS pilot was arrested on Wednesday with cocaine in his blood, reports the French newspaper Nice-Matin. The middle-aged man has now been sentenced to a ten-month suspended sentence and a one-year ban on flying over French territory.

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An SAS flight landed in Nice, France on Wednesday. Soldiers from the French military air police were waiting at the airport for a random alcohol and drug test.

After the pilot tested positive for cocaine, he was immediately placed in custody and has now been sentenced, according to Nice-Matin.

"This matter is with the authorities and the police," SAS's communications manager Alexandra Lindgren Kaoukji wrote to Aftonbladet on Friday.

The plane came from Copenhagen and was later scheduled to continue to Arlanda with new passengers. That flight was canceled.

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