Minion-Shaped Ecstasy Hidden Inside a Children's Drawing Book

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By Abbie Kraft , Parent Herald May 19, 08:22 pm

A hundred ecstasy tablets were made to look like chewable vitamins shaped like minions from "Despicable Me." The ecstasies were seized by the Chilean authorities as the smugglers were trying to smuggle them into the airport.

According to Huffington Post, the drugs were found inside a children's playset. The minion-shaped ecstasy was discovered by the Control Unit Drug Metropolitan Region Customs by using risk profiles. The ecstasy was transported by a Chilean man and another one from Argentina. They were then arrested placed on house arrest as the investigation progressed.

The batches of minion-shaped ecstasy were placed inside a child's drawing book set. It is well hidden in several layers of cargo to fully conceal in the cargo disguised as a playset.

Aside from the minion-shaped ecstasy found on a children's playset, another drug-related arrest took place on the same date on the Chilean airport as reported by Infobae. It was mentioned that the Chilean authorities found a pound of methamphetamine placed inside three backpacks.

The drugs were supposed to be transported to Sydney, Australia. Both the minion-shaped ecstasy and the methamphetamine were shipped from Cali, Colombia.

Aduanas decomisó éxtasis con forma de "Minions" en Aeropuerto de Santiago. Droga tenía como destino #VinadelMar pic.twitter.com/gFt291OK4M

— Aduanas de Chile (@AduanaCL) February 18, 2016

As the drug war continue to progress, parents should be more cautious as to what their children are playing with, especially toddlers and children under 12. Drug smugglers and producers can easily mimic children's tablets and even candies to make ecstasy tablets seem less suspicious.

RT noted that aside from ecstasy, other MDMA based products are manufactured in a way that it looks like candy. These types of drugs are usually sold on clubs wherein young people would frequent. MDMA drugs heighten a person's senses making the individual highly vulnerable.

Man arrested at JA Pengel airport with 6007 ecstasy pills https://t.co/gtYtzIeOqf pic.twitter.com/6VLHNUEucs — Loop Suriname (@LoopSuriname) February 9, 2016

It is important for parents to stay vigilant when it comes to candies that their children consume. As for raising teenagers, parents should make sure that they should know the whereabouts of their teens.