US authorities have seized more than one billion US dollars (£790 million) worth of cocaine from a ship at a Philadelphia port, calling it one of the largest drug busts in American history. US authorities have seized more than one billion US dollars (£790 million) worth of cocaine from a ship at a Philadelphia port, calling it one of the largest drug busts in American history. This is one of the largest drug seizures in United States history. This amount of cocaine could kill millions – MILLIONS – of people. US Attorney William McSwain said in a tweet that so much cocaine “could kill millions — MILLIONS — of people.”The drug seizure is the latest in a series of large cocaine busts along the East Coast.

Source: Irish Independent June 18, 2019 20:15 UTC