A general cargoship involved in a 2015 drugs bust has been left unsold at a French auction.

French media said there were no bidders for the 1,500-dwt Carib Palm (built 1977) at the reserve price of EUR 600,000 ($631,500) by 17 January.

It will now either be scrapped or auctioned again.

The vessel has been lying in Boulogne-sur-Mer since cocaine was found on board in December 2015.

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