Police squad, with an agent dressed as Santa Claus, launched an operation in a dangerous district north of Lima, in Peruagainst a band dedicated micro-trafficking in drugs.

On Christmas Eve, secret agents surprised two men who were selling base of coca and marijuana in a house in the city of Huaral, about 70 kilometers north of the capital of Peru, according to pictures and official statements.

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“Staff of the Terna Group He dressed up as Santa Claus to stay unnoticed in this dangerous neighborhood“Colonel Walter Palomino, head of the Green Squadron of the National Police, told reporters this Saturday.

“The strategy was successful. Christmas has come to Ma Reindeerl”, added the officer.

For some time now, the police have often distracted suspected criminals with disguises and actions they launch on special dates.

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On this occasion, An agent dressed in a traditional Santa costume was responsible for breaking down the door of a house where a search was carried out with a sledgehammer and the arrest of one of the suspects.

During the operation, two men were arrested and hundreds of packages of cocaine paste and marijuana were seized, the value of which the authorities did not quantify.

One of the captured was presented to journalists under the pseudonym “Grinch”. as a popular American character from an animated film.

On October 31, it was implemented a similar action on the occasion of the Halloween party, also against alleged retail drug traffickers, one of the crimes that has grown the most in Peru in recent years.

Then, the agents dressed up as scary characters to arrest two alleged members of the “Balboa clan” who at first believed they were the subject of a prank.

In a similar video, another unit sends agent dressed as Santa and another as an elf arrest a young man for possession of a weapon. The justification for the lawsuits, according to what Peruvian authorities told El País, was to exploit the element of surprise.

The Green Squad has embraced this practice in recent years. In 2022, its members are dressed as the superheroes Avengers for special interventions during the Halloween holiday.