Cocaine ‘coming through Africa’

WEST AFRICAN gangs have developed a new cocaine trafficking route into Europe, according to a UN drugs watchdog.

The body said the new supply route is fuelling the increasing use and abuse of cocaine throughout Europe, including Ireland.

The finding confirms Garda suspicions about the emergence of West African drug trafficking gangs here. This was highlighted, most recently, in a massive 25kg haul of the drug in Dublin two weeks ago.