city briefing

Drug habit

A series of high-profile drug busts have highlighted Buenos Aires's growing cocaine problem. In May, police dismantled a cocaine-processing laboratory on the outskirts of the capital, arresting 20 people. And in June, they intercepted 103 kilos of cocaine being transported to Buenos Aires from Rosario. The country has also become a hub for the export—particularly to Europe—of drugs produced elsewhere in South America. In May, police in Spain discovered a tonne of cocaine that had arrived from the port of Campana in Buenos Aires province. Related raids in Buenos Aires uncovered another 190 kilos.