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Modern day Trojan Horse, but with cocaine instead of dudes.

Horse Head
Credit: AFP

New Zealand is pretty wild, from the weirdly attractive son of the prime minister releasing an absolutely terrible song (and video accompaniment which is just him showing he has money) to the fact that there are more sheep than people, our neighbouring country is just a pretty weird place. Well, it got weirder.

There’s been a huge drug bust in New Zealand over the weekend, with police finding around $10 million worth of cocaine hidden in the head of a diamond coated horse. It reportedly weighed 400 kg, and was 1 metre tall.

It was air freighted from Mexico to Auckland in May, and two Mexicans and an American have been arrested following a six week investigation. The importation of drugs carries a life sentence in New Zealand, so this is some real serious shit.

But seriously, look at that horse head, does it look like a legit sculpture? No fucking way. One look at that and you can see there’s some dodgy shit happening behind those creepy huge eyes. No wonder these guys got caught.