The amount of cocaine seized in Australia has increased almost six times in the past 10 years, with the majority being sent into the country through the mail.
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission has found 4.6 tonnes of cocaine were seized at the border in 2016/17, up from 3.9 tonnes the year before, and just 664 kilograms a decade ago.
It has also found Colombia is the main source of the drugs brought into Australia.
Data collected from wastewater shows average cocaine consumption in capital cities is almost double that of regional cities.
Meanwhile…
The Australian Medical Association ((AMA)) says pill testing at music festivals is something that has to be considered following the deaths of two people over the weekend.
A man and a woman died from suspected drug overdoses at the Defqon ((DEF-con)) music festival in Sydney on Saturday ((15 Sept)) and another man and woman were left in critical conditions.
The federal government and the New South Wales Premier says pill testing won't deter people from taking drugs.
A-M-A President Tony Bartone has told Sky News pill testing does have a role to play.
