Cocaine found on nearly all euro notes (EUDOR DOLLARS SMACK OF COKE)

The Telegraph ^ | 26 June, 2003

[Happy2BMe]

Cocaine found on nearly all euro notes
By Kate Connolly in Berlin
(Filed: 26/06/2003)

Almost all euro bank notes have traces of cocaine, according to a study by German scientists.

Prof Fritz Sögel and a team from the Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research in Nuremberg studied 700 euro notes from across the euro zone between January 2002 - the month the notes were launched - and last August.

Three per cent were found to be contaminated with an average of 0.4 microgrammes of cocaine particles, just days after the euro's launch, and this figure soared to 90 per cent in seven months.

The most highly contaminated notes, in the first study of its kind on euro notes, originated from Spain.

Rolled up banknotes are often used to sniff cocaine. Because the notes are made from pure cotton, cocaine crystals stick easily to them and quickly get passed on to other notes, according to experts.

[Happy2BMe]

OH! - So THAT'S what they mean by the EuroDollar!?

[Vinnie]

Same finding on $20 bills in Miami 15 yrs ago.

[eno_]

If you have enough hard currency on you, the dog WILL sit down. How convenient.

[aardvark1]

I thought maybe this was the "secret ingredient" added to make counterfeiting more difficult.

[austinite]

Gross, does that mean there are boogers on all the euros too?

Disgusting.

[VoiceOfBruck]

I heard that they discovered the same thing about American money a few years ago when they tried to bust someone in NY based on evidence including "having cocaine on his money."

[steve50]

I heard that they discovered the same thing about American money a few years ago when they tried to bust someone in NY based on evidence including "having cocaine on his money."

Think I'll accuse my local bank of laundering drug money. 10-15% of the seized assets should bump me up a tax bracket or two.

[Ditter]

We had a neighbor 20 years ago who was a lawyer & had some very sleazy clients. He washed all the cash money he recieved from them.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

This explains a lot about the general thought process in Europe.

[AdA$tra]

If you have enough hard currency on you, the dog WILL sit down. How convenient.

Although they deny it, i am convinced their is a secret "probable cause" command for those dogs.

[reagan_fanatic]

I wash my money periodically (when I forget to take my wallet out of my pants before washing them!)

[eno_]

I've thought of putting a piezoelectric transducer on my car that would be ear-splitting to dogs. I wonder what the handler would think if the dog wouldn't get out of the truck. Melinda's XXXX Special Habanero sauce would probably work pretty well, too.

[chance33_98]

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