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Blow up: how half a tonne of cocaine transformed the life of an island

Published: May 24, 2019, 11 a.m.

In 2001, a smugglers’ yacht washed up in the Azores and disgorged its contents. The island of São Miguel was quickly flooded with high-grade cocaine – and nearly 20 years on, it is still feeling the effects • Read the text version here. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod