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Police seize £73 million worth of Lionel Messi branded cocaine

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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Authorities in Peru seized 1.4 kilograms of cocaine that had Barcelona forward Lionel Messi's face on the packaging, reports Agence France-Presse.

The haul, worth a reported $91 million U.S. dollars, had Messi's logo, his name and also had the royal seal of the King of Spain on the packaging.

It was found inside of 1,200 giant squid fillets.

There have been no arrests and police say that the packages arrived from the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro Rivers Valley region in Peru and were destined for Europe.

According to reports, the seizure in the second largest in Peru this year.

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