Cocaine in Brussels’ loos

TRACES of cocaine have turned up in 41 of 46 toilets in the Brussels European Parliament — including conveniences next to the assembly’s plenary chamber.

Analysis revealed that in one toilet, the concentration was so high that scientists concluded that the drug must have been taken there just before the sample was taken.

Pharmacologist Professor Fritz Sorgel from the Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research in Nuremberg (IBMP) analysed the samples taken by a German TV channel.