Amiry the serval was rescued from a tree in Cincinnati in January. A DNA test confirmed his species, while a narcotics test confirmed his exposure to cocaine. Ray Anderson/Cincinnati Animal Care hide caption
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Nearly 1,500 pounds of alleged cocaine was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to officials. The estimated street value of the narcotics is $11.8 million. U.S. Customs and Border Protection hide caption
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked a recent increase in deaths involving cocaine and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. Sebastian Leesch / EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm hide caption
Coca plants in the Guaviare department, Colombia. The leaves are the raw ingredient used to make cocaine. Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A Widow, Not A Wife: 'Smacked' Explores An Ex-Husband's Secret Addiction
The 65-year-old man — unnamed by police — tried to smuggle a more than a pound of cocaine under his toupee. He was caught by Spain's National Police shortly after disembarking from a flight arriving in Barcelona from Bogota, Colombia, in June. Spanish National Police via Reuters hide caption
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro crew members board a semi-submersible suspected of carrying drugs on June 18 while operating in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Coast Guard hide caption
The container ship MSC Gayane on the Delaware River in Philadelphia on Tuesday. U.S. authorities have seized more than $1 billion worth of cocaine from a ship, reportedly the Gayane, at a Philadelphia port. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Freshwater shrimp from the species Gammarus pulex like this one, collected in Suffolk County in the U.K., were found to have traces of cocaine. King's College London hide caption
Sixty packages of cocaine were seized from a shipping container at the Port of New York/Newark. Courtesy of United States Drug Enforcement Administration hide caption
José Palacios, a cacao farmer, holds the Late Chocó chocolate products produced by his son, Joel, in Bogotá. The package bears an illustration of his likeness. José Palacios lives in Colombia's western Chocó department, which is also a coca-growing region. Verónica Zaragovia for NPR hide caption
A farmer picks coca leaves in a field in Colombia. Joaquin Sarmiento/Getty Images hide caption
Colombia Tries To Get Farmers Away From The Cocaine Biz. How's That Going?
A farmer shows cocaine base paste, made from coca leaves in Colombia's Guaviare department in 2017. Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Colombia Is Growing Record Amounts Of Coca, The Key Ingredient In Cocaine
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says it found packages of cocaine with a street value of nearly $18 million inside a shipment of bananas. Russ Widstrand/Getty Images hide caption
Sombra, a drug-sniffing dog who works with Colombia's police, was relocated after a criminal organization put a price on her head. Twitter/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Arlington, Mass., Police Chief Fred Ryan (right) and Inspector Gina Bassett review toxicology reports on cocaine evidence looking for the possibility of fentanyl. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says the cocaine seizure on Wednesday is "the biggest in history." Efraín Herrera/Government Information System of Colombia hide caption
Gustavo Falcon, the last of South Florida's "Cocaine Cowboys," was arrested Wednesday, more than a quarter-century after he went on the lam. AP hide caption
In this July 19 photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a crew removes some of the 12,000 pounds of cocaine seized from a semi-submersible vessel in Pacific waters south of Mexico. LaNola Stone/AP hide caption
A user prepares drugs for injection in 2014 in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption