WASHINGTON - JULY 11: Mike Keim, a Metro Transit Police Special Response Team officer, leads his K9 partner Dano around a bus as the dog searches for bombs during a demonstration sweep of the Bladensburg Metrobus Depot for the news media July 11, 2005 in Washington, DC. The District of Columbia's Metrorail and Metrobus system has enhanced security efforts since four terrorist bombs killed over 50 people in London's public transit system on July 7, 2005. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
LIMA, Peru (AP) – Peruvian police have arrested a Mexican man accused of trying to smuggle about 6.6 pounds (2.9 kilograms) of cocaine to his country inside the bellies of two St. Bernard dogs.
Local police chief Basilio Grossman said the drugs were placed inside the bodies of the large dogs during an operation in a hotel room.
Police veterinarians removed bags of drugs from a male dog named Bombon and a female called Lola. They suffered from grave peritonitis, an infection of the tissue lining the abdomen's inner wall, as well as high fevers and vomiting.
Authorities on Thursday afternoon arrested 22-year-old Giussepe Tombolan, who arrived in Peru with the dogs several weeks before. Grossman said it was the first time Peruvian authorities had discovered someone trying to smuggle drugs inside dogs.
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