Football fans worldwide have fashioned replicas of the World Cup trophy out of everything from papier-mache to plastic
Football fans worldwide have fashioned replicas of the World Cup trophy out of everything from papier-mache to plastic. But a lawbreaker in Colombia gets top prize for most original material: cocaine.
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| Cup of life: Replicas of all shapes and sizes have dotted all the stadiums at the World Cup. Pic for representation |
A World Cup trophy made out of cocaine has been seized by police in Colombia.
Airports anti-drug chief Col Jose Piedrahita said that Colombian authorities found the unusual statue during a routine security check by anti-drug agents in a mail warehouse at Bogota's international airport.
The 36 cm (14 inch) statue was inside a box headed for Madrid, Spain. The statue was painted gold with green stripes on the base.
Piedrahita said that laboratory tests confirmed the cup was made of 11 kilogrammes of cocaine mixed with acetone or gasoline to make it mouldable.
Submarine tooIn another development,u00a0 the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) helped Ecuador seize a submarine capable of transporting tons of cocaine.
DEA officials said that the diesel electric-powered submarine was built in a remote jungle and captured near a river close to the Ecuador-Colombia border.
The sophisticated camouflaged vessel has a conning tower, periscope and air-conditioning system. It measured about nine feet high.
