European police and drug agencies are concerned at an “unprecedented increase” in the size of heroin seizures — with a number of countries recording record hauls.
The organisations also report there are signs that cocaine availability may be on the rise again, with a worrying growth in maritime shipments, carrying larger consignments.
The EU police agency, Europol, and the EU drugs agency, the Emcdda, report that traffickers are using ever ingenious ways to smuggle cocaine, incorporating it into beeswax, fuel, and breast implants.
They report that criminal gangs are making massive profit from importing chemicals used in new psychoactive substances — also known as headshops drugs or legal highs — with a kilogramme of an NPS costing just €100 to buy and ship in from China to Europe.
The agencies express concern at an increase in the purity and potency of many illegal drugs, particularly cannabis, ecstasy, heroin and NPS.
Source: Cormac O'Keeffe, Irish Examiner, 06/04/16
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