- Police in Berlin reportedly found more than 386kg of cocaine, which was shipped to 14 different Aldi supermarkets, inside banana boxes. It is the largest ever seizure of cocaine in Berlin to date.
- The Colombian government has announced it will stop using glyphosate, a herbicide deemed “probably carcinogenic” by the World Health Organization (WHO), to destroy coca plantations.
- The province of Cordoba in Argentina has established a new Anti-Narcotics Police Force (FPA), following a corruption scandal involving a previous agency.
- Italian police have claimed that Operation Columbus, a year-long operation conducted alongside the FBI, has broken a “major cocaine trafficking ring” based in New York.
- Over 150,000 people reportedly attended a protest in Buenos Aires to demand the legalisation of marijuana in Argentina.
- Speculation has grown that Colombia has reclaimed its position as the world’s largest producer of cocaine. According to a new White House report, coca production rose 39% in 2014.
- Four men have been arrested in Essex, UK, after the Metropolitan Police’s Organised Crime Command seized 26kg of cocaine.
