- The Colombian government has halted the use of the herbicide glyphosate, and said it will find alternative methods of destroying coca crops
- The UK’s Border Force has seized approximately 50 kilograms of cocaine at the Port of Dover, hidden inside the bodywork of a Volkswagen van
- Ecuadorian authorities have seized 2.2 tonnes of cocaine at the port Guayaquil, intended for the US
- A US frigate has seized 630kg of cocaine in international waters in the Eastern Pacific, reportedly worth approximately US$23 million. The ship was patrolling waters off the coast of Central and South America
- VICE has published an interview with Pierre Lapaque, the West and Central Africa representative for UNODC (the United Nation’s Office on Drugs and Crime). Lapaque recently claimed that Africa will become the “market of the future” for illegal drugs
- The State Office of Criminal Investigation in Styria, Austria, has announced that it smashed an international cocaine trafficking ring, arresting 30 people and seizing drugs worth an estimated €2 million
