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He says officials seized a container the day before with two tonnes of drugs: "It used to be kilos, now we talk about tonnes."

But the court heard within two days of the heist, Sheen was looking for buyers, offering gold at about £25,500 per kilo.

She began Thursday's morning press briefing by referring to new figures from the US Customs and Border Protection agency which show seizures of fentanyl have dropped to 263 kilos, their lowest levels in 3 years.

"We could barely afford to buy a kilo of tomatoes just to satisfy our hunger," said one man, Issam, adding that people could not buy food "because there is no cash liquidity".

You'd have to weigh in in the mornings, you would step on the scales and find you had lost a kilo because you haven't had enough dinner the night before.