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Britain is 'cocaine capital of Europe'

By Jenny Wivell

Updated on 24 June 2009

The biggest cocaine market in Europe is in the UK, according to the United Nations' latest drugs report.

Cocaine (picture: Reuters)

That is despite estimations that some 41 per cent of the drug globally was seized by the authorities.

There are worries about the growing use of synthetic drugs that do not have to be smuggled in, but can be produced right here.

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