(Bloomberg) — Senegal seized 1,650 pounds of cocaine Sunday on a ship traveling from Brazil, hidden inside 15 cars with final destinations that included Europe, in the latest large drug seizure off the West African coast this year. Record cocaine busts in Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau earlier this year indicate West Africa is making a comeback as a transit point for cocaine from South America to Europe. Rising OutputIn January, Cape Verde seized 9.5 tonnes of cocaine in one of the region’s largest ever hauls. Senegalese customs officials earlier this week seized 238 kilos of cocaine hidden in cars on a ship heading from Brazil to Angola. Ivorian authorities earlier this month arrested several members of a trafficking network trying to move almost 2 tons of cocaine from Brazil via Ivory Coast to Europe.

Source: National Post June 30, 2019 20:26 UTC