With the World Cup dwindling down to its last stages, the football fever reached its highest temperature perhaps a little too much. A very unique replica of the World Cup statue was seized by drug police in Colombia stating that it was made out of cocaine. The 14-inch golden World Cup statue was made of 11 kilos of cocaine that was mixed with gasoline or acetone in order to make it mouldable.
According to the Latin American Hearld Tribune report, it was cleverly hidden in the storage areas of the El Dorado airport along with jerseys of the teams that qualified for the World Cup semi-finals and is headed for Spain. Cocaine is said to cost about $50 to $70 per gram.
Almost a whopping 75% of all cocaine is grown and manufactured in Colombia, with some factories located just passed the borders of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. Colombia is well known for its dark history with drug lords with names such as Pablo Escabar in the early 90’s, almost taking over Medellin by leading a deadly bounty hunting for policemen.
Cocaine’s effects are extremely damaging on a person’s body and the continued use and consequent addiction to it can cause severe damages and even death. Although each person reacts to cocaine differently, many users experience these common short-term effects — increase in blood pressure, constricted blood vessels, mental alertness, increased vigor, increased heart rate, decrease in appetite and dilated pupils.
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