Italy: Wild boars eat cocaine worth over Rs 15 lakh hidden in forest

A group of Italian wild boars in a recent incident ate through a stash of cocaine that a drug dealer had reportedly hidden in a forest in Valdichiana valley in the Tuscan countryside near Arezzo. The group of wild pigs found the air-sealed packets and managed to rip through it. According to international media reports, the packets of cocaine were worth over Rs. 15 lakh. The effect of the drugs on the animals still is, however, unknown. 

The four dealers associated with drug trafficking have been arrested by the police. Police also added that they had been investigating the drug ring ever since May last year when a drug dealer of Albanian descent was murdered by an Italian. The wild boars helped the police to bust the gang, however, many including the farmers from across the country have reportedly demanded a systematic culling of the boar population owing to their large population in the country. 

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Shrimp tested positive for cocaine

Apparently, fishes are swimming in a daze, these days in rural Suffolk County in Britain. This is after shrimp from 5 rivers in Suffolk tested positive for cocaine. Researchers from King's College and the University of Suffolk who was studying these freshwaters for the presence of various micropollutants — or harmful chemicals found in trace amounts — in the tiny aquatic animals, found that all shrimp had tested positive to cocaine.

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“Such regular occurrence of illicit drugs in wildlife was surprising. We might expect to see these in urban areas such as London, but not in smaller and more rural catchments," said a statement released by Dr.Leon Barron of King's College London. The test had apparently been carried out in 15 different sites across the county, yielding the same results. Sympathizing with the coked-up fish, scientists have said that the presence of cocaine isn’t the shrimps’ fault. Scientists have explained that drugs frequently make their way into rivers after they were used by humans, which can damage animals and the environment.  

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