Peruvian Police Disguised as Students and a Wheelchair User Raid Lima Drug Den: 3 Arrested, 2,270 Packets of Cocaine Paste Seized
Peru's National Police raided a drug distribution site in the San Juan de Miraflores district of southern Lima on November 11, with undercover officers disguised as students and a wheelchair user arresting three people and seizing 2,270 small packets of cocaine paste plus another 47 grams of the drug.
The operation was carried out by the Grupo Terna undercover unit of the police Escuadrón Verde (Green Squadron). Video released by police shows several officers in school uniforms with backpacks, while another officer, posing as a patient in a wheelchair with a blanket over his legs, suddenly stood up as the group neared the target house, pulled a sledgehammer hidden under the blanket and smashed open the door as colleagues rushed in. Colonel Pedro Rojas Tipto, head of the Escuadrón Verde, said the disguises let officers approach the building undetected. Before the entry, police staged a controlled drug purchase and recorded the transaction with a drone.
Police said those arrested included Deisy Pérez, 36, known by the alias "Fefa," and that the three were suspected members of Los Santurrones, a drug distribution group operating in San Juan de Miraflores. The house was allegedly used for local drug sales, including to pupils at a nearby school. The three detainees were transferred to the district's Criminal Investigation Division.
Peruvian police have a history of costume-based drug arrests, having previously posed as Santa Claus and holiday mascots; video of the wheelchair breach spread widely online. (Source: National Police of Peru)
Source: National Police of Peru
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Photo: 图：秘鲁国家警察警员在利马政府宫前执勤（资料图）。照片：Kline，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Officers of the National Police of Peru on duty at the Government Palace in Lima (file photo). Photo by Kline, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
