The Cincinnati division of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) intercepted a shipment of cocaine-coated corn flakes with an estimated street value of up to $2,822,400.

Officers seized the package sent from South America on Feb. 13, according to a press release. The shipment contained around 44 pounds of the popular breakfast cereal covered in cocaine rather than sugar.

The shipment originated from Peru and was destined for a private home in Hong Kong. However, a CBP narcotics detector dog named Bico alerted officers about the suspicious package.

Upon opening the shipment, officers discovered the cereal contained a white powder and the corn flakes appeared to be covered in a “grayish substance.”

The powder was then tested and came back positive for cocaine, which is a schedule II substance under the Controlled Substances Act.

Richard Gillespie, the Cincinnati port director, noted drug traffickers have come up with creative ways to smuggle narcotics across the world over the years.

“The men and women at the Port of Cincinnati are committed to stopping the flow of dangerous drugs, and they continue to use their training, intuition, and strategic skills to prevent these kinds of illegitimate shipments from reaching the public,” he said in a statement.

In July, police officers in Italy intercepted a package at Milan’s Malpensa Airport from Colombia that was addressed to Santino D’Antonio, the fictional Mafia boss from the movie “John Wick: Chapter 2,” CNN reports.

When officers opened the package, they found around 130 grams of cocaine stuffed inside more than 500 hollowed-out coffee beans.

A 50-year-old Italian man was later arrested after police followed the parcel to Florence, where the man attempted to claim it at a tobacco shop.

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