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

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Episode: Blow up: how half a tonne of cocaine transformed the life of an island
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Duration: 00:27:16
Published: 2019-05-24 13:00

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

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