Drug gang smuggle cocaine disguised as shoes

The traffickers moulded the class A drug into the shape of designer shoes and gave them to airline passengers to bring into Spain from Colombia.

The designer brand usually commands a price tag of several thousand pounds for stiletto marvels made famous by Sex in the City's Carrie Bradshaw.

But the smugglers' version, created from cocaine paste, had a street value of around 50,000 euros a pair.

Police in the Basque country swooped on the gang in northern town of Gorliz on Thursday, following a two-year investigation. Six people were arrested and 4kgs of the drug seized.

"This investigation revealed that those detained had been bringing in cocaine shaped as women's shoes for two years," a spokesman for Basque police said.
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It is the latest and possibly most inventive method of smuggling in the class A drug.

Spanish police have in the past discovered cocaine shipments disguised as replica sculptures by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, the "plaster cast" protecting a man's broken leg, and even an entire 42-piece crockery set.

Drug shipments are also regularly discovered hidden in containers of bananas and pineapples.

Spain's proximity to Morocco, a key source of hashish, and its close ties with its former colonies in Latin America, a major cocaine-producing region, have made it a major gateway into Europe for drug traffickers.