WASHINGTON - 28 pounds of cocaine were discovered hidden inside packages of hot cocoa at Washington Dulles International ...

Over 28 pounds of the illegal substance was found stashed within a confectionary shipment bound for Northern Virginia.

STERLING, Va. — Criminals busted at Washington Dulles International Airport gave new meaning to the phrase "cocoa powder." ...

Forests have been cut down to make way for coca bushes Colombia has increased its cultivation of coca plants - the main ingredient in the illegal drug cocaine - by 43%, a new UN report says.

Accounting for $1.5 billion in 2020, the cocaine drug market is the second largest illegal drug market in the world. It comes ...

A soldier for the military police in Honduras is burning a pile of recently destroyed coca plants, the main ingredient in cocaine. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

Cocaine is smuggled to the US a variety of ... At one point the FARC controlled 70% of Colombia's coca crops. Coca plants grow just two months a year amid the lush greenery of the Colombian ...

In 2023, the report put the country’s cocaine production potential at a historic high. Agricultural and technological advancements have allowed farmers to increase the yield of each coca plant.

In requesting the study of the coca plant at the U.N., President Luis Arce ... in Bolivia doubled from 2006 to 2021, illicit cocaine production also surged by 175%. As of 2022, the U.N. said ...

Bolivia is pushing for the global decriminalisation of coca leaf – the main ingredient of cocaine – to export the plant and ease its economic crisis. But a "landmark" recent decision by the ...

Cocaine, methamphetamine ... addictive stimulant that is made through the leaves of the South American coca plant. But how are the drugs destroyed? A general procedure applies for many EU member ...