In an attempt to take advantage of the global health crisis caused by the spread of the coronavirus, drug traffickers in Peru took advantage of the massive demand for face masks to try to disguise their merchandise.

In mid-March, amidst global tension surrounding the ongoing pandemic, the Police Anti-Drugs Directorate (Dirección Antidrogas de la Policía – Dirandro) confirmed in a statement to the Associated Press that they found just over a kilogram of cocaine hidden in a box of surgical facemasks headed for Hong Kong.

This was not an isolated case, coming shortly after authorities seized around 2.4 kilograms of cocaine in warehouses in the port city of Callao, packed alongside boxes of disposable face masks bound for China, according to news portal Peru21.

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