July 5th, 2010
Cocaine World Cup seized in Colombia
Football World Cup made from Cocaine
Colombian police have at least got their hands on a version of the trophy… made out of cocaine.
The replica of the World Cup trophy was seized by Colombian authorities at Bogota’s international airport.
Airports anti-drug chief Colonel Jose Piedrahita said Colombian authorities found the statue during a routine security check by anti-drug agents in a mail warehouse at the airport. The 36-centimetre-high statue was painted gold.
The statue was inside a box headed for Madrid, Spain.
Col Piedrahita said laboratory tests had confirmed the cup was made of 11 kilos of cocaine, mixed with acetone or petrol to make it mouldable.
