[PHOTOS] Police Dressed In Santa Claus Costume Raids Peruvian Drug Cartel And Seize Cocaine

Police officers dressed themselves in Santa costume to invade a drug cartel and unearthed thousands of cocaine wraps.

Santa(Police) was seen pulling a sledgehammer from his Santa sack and using it to smash down the door of suspected drug dealers while his partners bring out guns from the same sack to enter the house in the Peruvian capital Lima.

The Santa tactic is said to have been used as a distraction to gain initial entry to the house before armed officers take over the raid.

The arrested Four people in the operation and 4,564 wraps of cocaine paste were seized in three which were hidden in three different houses.

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