Nazi cocaine package heading to Belgium, intercepted by Peru police
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The cocaine was packaged in Nazi insignia: wrapped in red swastika flags and engraved with Hitler's name in high relief.
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Cocaine bricks discovered in Peru had the word 'Hitler' written in high relief in the white powder and were covered with packaging bearing the Nazi swastika (AFP)
Peru police reported that 50 brick-sized packages of cocaine weighing around 60 kg were confiscated up north of the country near the Ecuadorian borders.
The cocaine was packaged in Nazi insignia: wrapped in red swastika flags and engraved with Hitler's name in high relief.
The Nazi insignia-decorated drugs were headed to Belgium, the police reported; however, they didn't specify if anybody involved in the case was apprehended.
Read more: 500kg of cocaine seized at Swiss Nespresso factory
Back in November 2022, Europol announced that a large-scale international police operation took down a "super-cartel" that was responsible for more than 30% of the cocaine trade in Europe, seizing around 30 tonnes of the narcotic.
49 individuals were apprehended in several countries such as Belgium, France, Spain, and the Netherlands, including six main suspects in Dubai, and the cartel was aimed at operations transporting the drug from South America to Europe through Antwerp and Rotterdam ports.
The operation had also brought down an "extremely big fish" based in Dubai and originally from the Netherlands, Europol revealed.
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