# Santa, elves, bust a cocaine gang

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 21, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-elves-bust-a-cocaine-gang/976918 "2022-12-21T18:29:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-elves-bust-a-cocaine-gang/976918/1 "2022-12-21T18:29:36Z")

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A group of Peruvian police, dressed as Santa and elves, busted a drug gang on Saturday.

They didn’t come in through the chimney, and the smugglers probably wish they were only getting coal in their stockings.

> **[Cops disguised as Santa and his elves arrest drug gang in Peru](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11561685/Cops-disguised-Santa-elves-arrest-drug-gang-Peru.html)**
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> Police dressed as Santa and his little helpers hammered down the door to cuff the gang who won't be making it on to the nice list this year. The unusual bust took place in Lima, Peru on Saturday.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-elves-bust-a-cocaine-gang/976918/2 "2022-12-22T14:48:19Z")

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This isn’t the first time.

> **[Santa is here: Disguised police carry out drugs raid](https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-55327903)**
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> Police in Peru raid a house dressed as Santa Claus and an elf, and detain a suspected drug dealer.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-elves-bust-a-cocaine-gang/976918/3 "2022-12-22T22:26:15Z")

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I am hoping for a story where the drug gang are disguised as Santa and his elves.  
Ho, ho , ho.