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A Peruvian police officer dressed as The Grinch arrested three suspected drug traffickers in Lima’s San Bartolo district just days before Christmas, as shown in a video shared by the Peruvian National Police.
“In an ingenious operation, agents of the Green Squad arrested the aliases La Reina del Sur, La Coneja, and Pote, alleged members of the La Mafia de San Bartolo gang, dedicated to drug dealing,” stated the police report on X. “Various narcotics were seized.”
Disguised as the Grinch, a Peruvian officer used a sledgehammer to break down a door, arresting suspects and uncovering drugs and trafficking materials, as shown in video footage. Peru is the world’s second-largest cocaine producer and coca cultivator, according to the State Department, according to The New York Post.
“The majority of cocaine produced in Peru is transported to South American countries for domestic consumption, or for onward shipment to Europe, the United States, East Asia, and Mexico,” the State Department website said.
Peru’s police have conducted similar operations before, including on Halloween 2023, when officers dressed as Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Tiffany Valentine raided an alleged drug dealer’s home.
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