More than €11 million worth of cocaine was seized in 2012, marking a substantial jump from previous years, according to the latest European drug report.
The 2014 European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction report released yesterday revealed that the local authorities had uncovered a staggering 143 kilos of cocaine in 80 different drug busts in 2012, the last year under review.
This is an astronomical rise in seizures compared to previous years. In 2010, the authorities had confiscated four kilos of cocaine, valued at €79 per gram, followed by five kilos in 2011.
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