Posted on 06/13/2026 12:12:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Zayu the Jaguar, center, was not involved in the raid. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Police in Peru took a novel approach to clamping down on drug trafficking Wednesday as they conducted a raid in Lima disguised as the 2026 World Cup mascots.
A video posted to the police's official TikTok account showed officers dressed as Clutch the Bald Eagle and Maple the Moose break through a gate with a battering ram before arresting a man in a white vest. The video also showed officers recovering packets of white powder and a firearm, and included the caption: "World Cup Mode: Operation ends with the fall of "Pichichi."
Colonel Carlos Fredy Alcántara Obregón, head of the police's Green Squad, told The Associated Press: "Thanks to the intelligence work carried out by the team, we were able to establish that the person we were about to arrest was a die-hard football fan, living and breathing the World Cup fever.
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The situation became tense when the undercover mascots had to fake capping Tina the Stoat, the 2026 Winter Olympics mascot, as a sign of good faith, before being accepted into the drug dealer’s inner circle.
Dirty trick! (/S)
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