The drug was concealed in 50 brick-sized packets, each containing a swastika was to be seen, as the photos published by the police show. Some packages were open and showed them Embossed “Hitler” inscription in white powder.
O The background of the bizarre “brand” is not clear. Peruvian authorities have frequently found packets of cocaine with a wide variety of unusual symbols, but so far no Nazi symbols have been among them. Initially, police did not say whether there were any arrests.
The cocaine was found on a Liberian-flagged boat in the northern port city of Paita, close to the border with Ecuador. The boat with the cocaine was coming from Guayaquil.
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the ecuadorian port city of Paita it is considered a major drug trafficking hub in the US and Europe. Peru is the second largest cocaine producer in the world after Colombia. In 2022, Peruvian authorities confiscated a total of around 22 tons of the white powder.