Anti-drug police officers in Peru really got into the festive season this year, dressing up as Santa Claus and an elf as they helped raid a suspected drug den last week.
Police raided a house in Villa El Salvador, on the outskirts of capital Lima, and arrested five people alleged to be gang members.
Cannabis, cocaine and a handgun were also seized, Colonel Fredy Velasquez told Reuters.
He said the officers were in costume to add an element of surprise to the operation.
Video footage, provided by the police, showed disguised officers from an undercover unit smashing down a door of the property.
The officers then tackle a man and handcuff him as he lay face down.
One of the five people police officers arrested was Luis Antonio Oquendo Machuca, the alleged head of the Los Flaquis gang.
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