<p>Airport authorities found the 36-cm-tall statue during a routine security check at a mail warehouse at the airport, Xinhua quoted airports anti-drug chief Jose Piedrahita as saying.<br /><br />The statue was painted gold with green stripes on the base. The paint was in such a "bad condition" that it aroused suspicion, CNN reported citing Colombian National Police.<br />It was packed in a box that also contained many team jerseys. The consignment was headed for Madrid, Spain.<br /><br />Laboratory tests on the trophy said the cocaine was mixed with acetone or gasoline to make it mouldable, Piedrahita said.<br /></p>
<p>Airport authorities found the 36-cm-tall statue during a routine security check at a mail warehouse at the airport, Xinhua quoted airports anti-drug chief Jose Piedrahita as saying.<br /><br />The statue was painted gold with green stripes on the base. The paint was in such a "bad condition" that it aroused suspicion, CNN reported citing Colombian National Police.<br />It was packed in a box that also contained many team jerseys. The consignment was headed for Madrid, Spain.<br /><br />Laboratory tests on the trophy said the cocaine was mixed with acetone or gasoline to make it mouldable, Piedrahita said.<br /></p>