At least three gangs have struck deals to fly drugs to West Africa and from there to Europe, according to US prosecutors.

"The sky's the limit," one Sierra Leone trafficker boasted to a Drug Enforcement Administration informant, according to court documents.

Most of the cocaine flown to Africa is bound for Europe, where demand has been rising over the last decade. South American gangs are turning to aircraft because European navies have been intercepting more boat shipments along the African coast, trafficking experts say.

telegraph.co.uk
corkman.ie