STORY: Peru's police conducted a raid in disguise on they said was a family drug dealing operation in Lima on Thursday (July 17), arresting six members of the alleged criminal clan "Los Cuajinais de Ano Nuevo."

Video released by the police on Friday (July 18) showed officers, one dressed as the popular Mexican superhero character "Chapulin Colorado", breaking down a grille gate with a sledgehammer in the dramatic operation, which surprised the suspects who were caught off guard by the unusual police tactic.

Authorities seized 1,524 packages of cocaine paste, nine bags of marijuana, and 45 bags of cocaine during the raid on the two-story house, according to police reports.

Colonel Pedro Rojas, head of the Green Squadron, said the mimicry strategy using the beloved character was chosen to coincide with a biographical television series currently airing about Chapulin Colorado's creator.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: LIMA, PERU (JULY 17, 2025) (PERUVIAN POLICE HANDOUT - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. POLICE OFFICER DISGUISED AS MEXICAN SUPERHERO CHAPULIN COLORADO HITTING DOOR WITH SLEDGEHAMMER DURING ANTI-DRUG POLICE OPERATION

2. POLICE OFFICER IN CHAPULIN COLORADO COSTUME ENTERING HOUSE

3. SUSPECT ON THE FLOOR BEING PINNED DOWN BY POLICE OFFICER IN DISGUISE

4. HAND HOLDING SMALL PACKS OF WHAT POLICE SAY ARE DRUGS IN PAPER WRAPPING

5. VARIOUS OF WHAT POLICE SAY ARE DRUG SAMPLES BEING SEIZED

6. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COLONEL OF THE PERUVIAN NATIONAL POLICE, PEDRO ROJAS, SAYING:

"Once again the Green Squadron's terna group used the mimicry strategy with a well-known and beloved character, which is Chapulin Colorado, to get close to a drug selling point."

7. WHITE FLASH

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COLONEL OF THE PERUVIAN NATIONAL POLICE, PEDRO ROJAS, SAYING:

"This character was chosen because currently on television they are showing a biographical series about the author who portrays Chapulin Colorado."

9. POLICE OFFICER DISGUISED AS CHAPULIN COLORADO TRANSFERRING DETAINEE TO POLICE VEHICLE

10. DETAINEES AND POLICE OFFICER IN CHAPULIN COLORADO COSTUME LEAVING IN POLICE VEHICLE