A Peruvian police officer dressed because the Grinch, the cantankerous and green-furred villain, busted suspected drug traffickers within the South American nation’s capital days earlier than Christmas.Â
The operation in San Bartolo in Lima resulted within the arrest of three suspects, in response to a video posted on-line by the Peruvian Nationwide Police.Â
“In an ingenious operation, brokers of the Inexperienced Squad arrested the aliases La Reina del Sur, La Coneja and Pote, alleged members of the La Mafia de San Bartolo gang, devoted to drug dealing,” a police put up on X states. “Numerous narcotics have been seized.”
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Utilizing what gave the impression to be a sledgehammer, the officer walked down the road dressed because the notorious Christmas villain with a small coronary heart earlier than breaking down the entrance door of a house and getting into, in response to the video footage.Â
The suspects have been arrested, and the “Grinch” is seen rummaging by means of varied gadgets within the house earlier than discovering what authorities mentioned have been unlawful medicine and different gadgets associated to drug trafficking.
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Peru is the second-largest producer of cocaine and cultivator of coca on this planet, in response to the State Division.Â
“Nearly all of cocaine produced in Peru is transported to South American international locations for home consumption, or for onward cargo to Europe, america, East Asia, and Mexico,” the State Division web site mentioned.Â
Peru’s nationwide police drive has carried out related operations previously.Â
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On Halloween 2023, officers disguised as horror favorites Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees and Tiffany Valentine, the murderous doll within the “Kid’s Play” sequence, additionally broke into the house of alleged drug sellers.Â