Simply amazing !
BBC News : Cocaine traces 'on Spanish euros'
BBC News : German euros 'full of cocaine'
If each Spanish banknote really contains an average of 25.18 micrograms, it only take 40 banknotes to scrub to get 1 gramme !
So if you see someone tapping euros into a container, you are what they are trying to achieve...
BBC News : Cocaine traces 'on Spanish euros'
BBC said:Traces of cocaine can be found on 94% of euro banknotes circulating in Spain, a study has suggested.
Analysis of notes from a selection of Spain's major cities showed that each one carried an average of 25.18 micrograms of cocaine.
Spain has one of the highest rates of cocaine use in the world, with about 475,000 regular users, El Mundo newspaper reports.
BBC News : German euros 'full of cocaine'
BBC said:Almost all euro banknotes circulating in Germany contain traces of cocaine, German researchers say.
Cocaine users commonly use a rolled-up banknote to inhale the drug through the nose, and experts say such notes can contaminate the cash system in cash counting machines in banks.
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"The concentrations of cocaine on Spanish euro notes were almost a hundred times that of what we recorded in Germany,"
If each Spanish banknote really contains an average of 25.18 micrograms, it only take 40 banknotes to scrub to get 1 gramme !
So if you see someone tapping euros into a container, you are what they are trying to achieve...