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Police say 700 kilogram drug haul was bound for Mexico, U.S.
Updated: 9:48 a.m. ET Nov. 17, 2004LIMA, Peru - Peruvian police said on Monday they seized nearly 1,540 pounds (700 kg) of cocaine hidden in frozen giant squid bound for Mexico and the United States.

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The drugs were covered in pepper to divert sniffer dogs and sealed in several layers of plastic and other wrappers. Police had been on the trail since August.

Seven people were arrested in the drug seizure. Police said the haul would have a street value of about $17.5 million.

Peru is the world’s No. 2 cocaine producer after Colombia, and many of its drugs end up on U.S. streets after being sent via Mexico.

You know what's killing our economy? drug busts. how is that money supposed to stay in circulation if the government keeps taking it back!

You know what sounds likes Peru?

Baloo.

I don't get why they use pepper. It's not like pepper actually disguises a smell at all -- it can only cause the dogs sniffing something to breathe it in at close range. Wouldn't the fact that pepper is used just alert the authorities that there's something covered up?