Rio drug dealers push Olympic highs
Handout picture released by Brazil's Civil Police on July 26, 2016 showing a small package of cocaine with the logo of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games seized to a drug dealer in downtown Rio de Janeiro, just days ahead of the opening of the Games in Brazil. PHOTO | AFP
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- Pictures of the clear plastic packets showed labels emblazoned with the official logo of the Rio 2016 organizing committee, even cheekily including the mention "TM" for trademark.
RIO DE JANEIRO
Rio de Janeiro drug dealers are joining the Olympic party by stamping the iconic logo of the Games on their wares.
Rio police said Tuesday they had confiscated 93 packets of cocaine and 28 of crack during a raid in the popular nightlife district of Lapa.
Pictures of the clear plastic packets showed labels emblazoned with the official logo of the Rio 2016 organizing committee, even cheekily including the mention "TM" for trademark.
Written beneath the symbolic Olympic rings were the words: "Keep away from children."
In June, police told AFP they had found drug dealers pushing similarly labeled packets, this time containing marijuana.
The Games open on Aug. 5.
