Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A piece of compressed cocaine powder. Cocaine is the second most popular illegal recreational drug in the US behind cannabis, [14] and the US is the world's largest consumer of cocaine. [15] According to the DEA, about 93% of the cocaine in the US originated in Colombia and was smuggled across the Mexico–US border. [16]
In the search, police said they seized 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of cocaine and $200,000 in cash. According to the federal Department of Justice , a kilogram of cocaine is worth about $30,000 on the ...
15,000 kilos of cocaine, worth $1 billion, were recovered at a Philadelphia shipping port in 2019, one of the biggest drug seizures in U.S. history. Show comments. Advertisement.
A police officer's normal monthly wage of $93 is less than 2% of the value of 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of cocaine (€7000 or $8750). [ citation needed ] The money can also be laundered using real estate. A house is built using illegal funds, and when the house is sold, legal money is earned. [ 31 ]
A kilogram of cocaine is sold for up to $240,000 in Australia, said Grisales -- about six times more than the price in the United States.
The 3,750 pounds (1,700 kg) yearly harvest of leaves from a hectare produced 6 lb (2.5 kg) of pasta, approximately 40–60% cocaine. Repeated recrystallization from solvents, producing pasta lavada and eventually crystalline cocaine were performed at specialized laboratories after the sale.
The 6 kilograms of cocaine, worth about $240,000 on the street, arrived in Erie via FedEx in May. ... The street value in Erie of 1 kilogram of cocaine is about $40,000, according to evidence ...
Although cocaine use had not significantly changed over the six years prior to 1999, the number of first-time users went up from 574,000 in 1991, to 934,000 in 1998 – an increase of 63%. While these numbers indicated that cocaine is still widely present in the United States, its use was significantly less prevalent than during the early 1980s.