Colombia is producing more cocaine than ever – and more is reaching Australian shores

Colombia is producing more cocaine than ever – and more is reaching Australian shores

Members of the Colombian anti-narcotics police test cocaine after a drug bust. RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty ImagesImagine an area larger than the Australian Capital Territory, nearly twice the size of London and four times that of New York City covered in coca plantations. That’s the scale of Colombia’s coca cultivation, according to an estimate from the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Colombia produces an estimated 2,664 metric…