A South American package was intercepted in January by German customs officials that contained contents that totally would be disapproved by Pope Francis.
There was a white powdery substance inside but this time it wasn’t anthrax. Upon seizure of the package, officers discovered it contained 14 cocaine-filled condoms.
Reports CBS:
The drug haul was unremarkable, but the destination raised eyebrows.
German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported Sunday that customs officials intercepted a cocaine shipment destined for the Vatican in January.
Officers at Leipzig airport found 12 ounces of the drug packed into 14 condoms inside a shipment of cushions coming from South America.
The paper says the package was simply addressed to the Vatican postal office, meaning any of the Catholic mini-state’s 800 residents could have picked it up.
Citing a German customs report, the paper adds that a sting operation arranged with Vatican police didn’t lure a possible recipient. The drugs would have a street value of several tens of thousands of euros (dollars).
Neither German customs nor the Vatican could be immediately reached for comment.
Somebody in the South American mob has some explaining to do for the botched delivery.
H/T: NYMag
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