Woman Opens Door to Kneeling Bear Costume... Thought It Was Her Lover but It Was a Drug Dealer

Police Tactics to Arrest Drug Dealers in Peru
Last Christmas, Officers Dressed as Santa Claus

A police officer wearing a bear costume disguised as giving a Valentine's Day gift was revealed in a video arresting drug dealers.

A Peruvian police officer dressed in a bear costume is pretending to offer chocolates and balloons to lure and arrest a drug dealer. [Image source=X (formerly Twitter)]

On the 15th (local time), foreign media such as CNN and BBC reported that the Peruvian National Police arrested two women suspected of selling drugs at an apartment in the capital city of Lima on the 13th. In the video showing the arrest situation, a police officer wearing a bear costume is holding a heart-shaped balloon and a box of chocolates outside the apartment building. As the officer knelt on one knee as if confessing, a woman inside the house came out. At that moment, the officer quickly took off the costume and handcuffed the woman. The police used the bear costume as a disguise tactic to lure one of the drug dealers outside the house. The officer wearing the costume explained to foreign media, "It was a surprise operation planned for Valentine's Day."

A drug dealer is coming out of the house after seeing an undercover police officer wearing a bear costume. [Image source=X (formerly Twitter)]

The video ended with the police officer in the bear costume taking photos in front of the box of chocolates used in the operation with the arrested suspects. It also showed the officer comforting a crying suspect. A placard that read "You are the reason I can smile" was also placed there.

A Peruvian police officer wearing a bear costume (right) is arresting a drug dealer (center). [Image source=X (formerly Twitter)]

Meanwhile, other police officers watching the situation nearby searched the woman's house. They found drug packages hidden under the mattress inside the house and under the drain cover outside. The police arrested the woman lured out by the costume and another woman inside the house on charges of drug sales. The discovered drug packages were also seized. These women, known as members of a gang called 'drug scammers,' were confirmed to have been selling drugs such as cocaine and marijuana from their home.

Last Christmas, Peruvian police disguised themselves as Santa Claus and infiltrated to arrest drug criminals. [Image source=X (formerly Twitter)]

This is not the first time the Peruvian police have used unique methods to crack down on drug crimes. Last Christmas, a police officer dressed as Santa Claus conducted a drug raid and arrested related individuals. On October 31, 2022, for Halloween, officers disguised as the main characters from the movie Avengers secured the arrest of drug trafficking organization members, and on Christmas Eve 2020, police officers dressed as Santa and elves arrested four drug offenders. Peru is known as the world's largest cocaine producer, reportedly producing about 400 tons annually. Last year, Peruvian authorities seized 21.5 tons of cocaine and dismantled 119 criminal organizations related to drug trafficking.

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