The Turkish customs officials found cocaine hidden inside a dozen Diego Maradona paintings, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported. The officials at Istanbul Airport discovered over 2.6 kg of cocaine from the man, who hid the drug inside paintings and caricatures of the Argentine football great.

Maradona died of a heart attack on November 25.

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In a statement, the Ministry of Trade said, the suspicious behavior of the 72-year old man, attracted the attention of the Customs Enforcement teams. He is a German citizen of Croatian origin, who arrived in Turkey from Colombia, the Ministry said.

It also shared a picture of the smuggled drug, wrapped in foil paper.

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“Appearing as a big Maradona fan at first glance, the luggage of the person was scanned with the latest system tomographic x-ray scanning device,” the Ministry’s statement read.

“When the backs of the tables, where the suspicious density was detected in the X-ray scan and then the detector dogs reacted, it was understood that the drugs were placed in these sections as special plates,” it added.