Package of condoms filled with cocaine addressed to Vatican, intercepted by German customs officials

Agence France-Presse (via ABS-CBNnews.com) reports that "German customs officials recently intercepted a package addressed to the Vatican containing 14 condoms filled with cocaine with a street value of US$55,200.

The package, which reportedly came from a South American country (not specified in the report), was intercepted at the international airport in the eastern city of Leipzig.

The report noted: "The authorities handed the package with the drugs to a police officer at the Vatican with the aim of laying a trap for a culprit who might try to claim it. But Bild said the parcel has remained unclaimed."

The Vatican office of the Interpol is now working on the case with the German police.

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