Agreed. For example, a kilo of cocaine in Los Angeles is around $17K. It's around double that in many other cities. Call it $25K as an average "street" price i

Agreed. For example, a kilo of cocaine in Los Angeles is around $17K. It's around double that in many other cities. Call it $25K as an average "street" price in major US cities (higher in those further from major trafficing routes). That gives a value around half of the amount quoted. To me, it seems like the police break everything up into half-gram prices and then add all those up. This would be like investigating the theft of 1000 gallons of water from a tap and then adding up how much the cost of that water would be if it was all converted to 250ml Evian bottles at retail.