LIMA PROVINCE, PERU - A video posted online by the Peruvian National Police show the moments when a Peruvian police officer dressed up as the Grinch during a drug bust on suspected drug traffickers in the South American country's capital just a few days before Christmas.
According to Fox News, the operation took place in San Bartolo in Lima and resulted in the arrest of three suspects. A police post on X stated, "In an ingenious operation, agents of the Green Squad arrested the aliases La Reina del Sur, La Coneja and Pote, alleged members of the La Mafia de San Bartolo gang, dedicated to drug dealing. Various narcotics were seized."
Video footage shows the officer walking down the street dressed as the infamous Christmas villain, with a heart two sizes too small, carrying what appears to be a sledgehammer and breaking down the front door of a home and entering it. The suspects were arrested and the "Grinch" is seen rummaging through various items in the home before finding what authorities said were illegal drugs and other items related to drug trafficking.
According to ABC7, the Grinch had participated in a Christmas activity prior to the police drug bust operation, making the police presence in the neighborhood go unnoticed, as noted by Col. Carlos Lopez Aedo, head of the Police Green Squadron. Lopez Aedo said, "Using the ingenuity and cleverness of the Terna Group, we used the Grinch, after an activity for Christmas."
Authorities said they seized packages of cocaine hydrochloride and cocaine paste, as well as precision instruments such as scales and strainers. The dancing Grinch said, "I hate Christmas and criminals."
The State Department says that Peru is the second-largest producer of cocaine and cultivator or coca in the entire world. On the State Department website it says, "The majority of cocaine produced in Peru is transported to South American countries for domestic consumption, or for onward shipment to Europe, the United States, East Asia, and Mexico."
This is not the first time Peru's national police force has carried out such operations that tie to a theme or holiday. In 2023, on Halloween, officers disguised as horror favorites Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Tiffany Valentine also broke into the home of alleged drug dealers.
In East Fishkill, New York, the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office Drug Task Force announced the arrest of a suspect in connection with narcotic and dangerous drug sales following an ongoing investigation throughout Dutchess County and beyond. According to CBS6, 31-year-old Rahmel Garraway has been identified as the suspect operating out of various locations, including a house in the town of East Fishkill.
On December 20th, Drug Task Force agents, along with the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office Emergency Services Unit and the Town of East Fishkill Police Department, executed a search warrant at a residence off Robinson Lane In East Fishkill.
Garraway was taken into custody after authorities found him in possession of a significant quantity of cocaine packaged for sale and a loaded handgun. Garraway is facing several charges, including criminal possession of a weapon, a class C violent felony, and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, both class B felonies. He was arraigned in the Town of East Fishkill Justice Court and remanded to Dutchess County Jail without bail. Additional charges are pending.
According to Fox News, the operation took place in San Bartolo in Lima and resulted in the arrest of three suspects. A police post on X stated, "In an ingenious operation, agents of the Green Squad arrested the aliases La Reina del Sur, La Coneja and Pote, alleged members of the La Mafia de San Bartolo gang, dedicated to drug dealing. Various narcotics were seized."
Video footage shows the officer walking down the street dressed as the infamous Christmas villain, with a heart two sizes too small, carrying what appears to be a sledgehammer and breaking down the front door of a home and entering it. The suspects were arrested and the "Grinch" is seen rummaging through various items in the home before finding what authorities said were illegal drugs and other items related to drug trafficking.
According to ABC7, the Grinch had participated in a Christmas activity prior to the police drug bust operation, making the police presence in the neighborhood go unnoticed, as noted by Col. Carlos Lopez Aedo, head of the Police Green Squadron. Lopez Aedo said, "Using the ingenuity and cleverness of the Terna Group, we used the Grinch, after an activity for Christmas."
Authorities said they seized packages of cocaine hydrochloride and cocaine paste, as well as precision instruments such as scales and strainers. The dancing Grinch said, "I hate Christmas and criminals."
The State Department says that Peru is the second-largest producer of cocaine and cultivator or coca in the entire world. On the State Department website it says, "The majority of cocaine produced in Peru is transported to South American countries for domestic consumption, or for onward shipment to Europe, the United States, East Asia, and Mexico."
This is not the first time Peru's national police force has carried out such operations that tie to a theme or holiday. In 2023, on Halloween, officers disguised as horror favorites Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Tiffany Valentine also broke into the home of alleged drug dealers.
In East Fishkill, New York, the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office Drug Task Force announced the arrest of a suspect in connection with narcotic and dangerous drug sales following an ongoing investigation throughout Dutchess County and beyond. According to CBS6, 31-year-old Rahmel Garraway has been identified as the suspect operating out of various locations, including a house in the town of East Fishkill.
On December 20th, Drug Task Force agents, along with the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office Emergency Services Unit and the Town of East Fishkill Police Department, executed a search warrant at a residence off Robinson Lane In East Fishkill.
Garraway was taken into custody after authorities found him in possession of a significant quantity of cocaine packaged for sale and a loaded handgun. Garraway is facing several charges, including criminal possession of a weapon, a class C violent felony, and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, both class B felonies. He was arraigned in the Town of East Fishkill Justice Court and remanded to Dutchess County Jail without bail. Additional charges are pending.
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