Many will Marvel at the brave actions of two police officers who swooped on a gang and seized drugs and cash while dressed as superheroes on Halloween night.
The unusual scene, filmed in the Peruvian capital of Peru on Thursday, involved two agents dressed as Deadpool and Wolverine storming a building suspected of being used by the gang.
The crime-fighting duo are then seen searching through wardrobes and drawers in what appears to be residential accommodation inside the premises.
Officers from the Policia Nacional del Peru’s specialist anti-drugs unit, Escuadrón Verde, gathered at the bust as it occurred in the Rimac district of the capital.
Once inside authorities discovered a hefty load of illegal drugs worth thousands.
The officers seized 54 bags of cocaine, 850 packets of coca base paste, and 2,000 Peruvian soles (approximately £410), according to local media.
All the seized items were displayed on a table during a press conference, which featured the officers still wearing their colorful costumes.
Four people were arrested in the operation.
This is not the first time Peruvian police have donned costumes to fight crime.
Last December, a pair of drug dealers were busted for dealing cocaine and marijuana out of a home in Lima by an undercover police officer dressed as Santa Claus.
Footage released by the Peru National Police showed a crime-fighting Saint Nick knocking down the residence door with a sledgehammer just a few days before Christmas.
His partners from a special unit, known as the Green Squad, could be seen in the background climbing up a ladder to the second floor to prevent the dealers from escaping.
The officers seized 54 bags of cocaine, 850 packets of coca base paste, and 2,000 Peruvian soles (approximately £410), according to local media
The cop lost his bearded mask as he pounded the heavily secured metal door about five times before they were able to enter the residence.
The suspects, Luis Córdoba, 25, and Jhordan Carhuachín, 32, had been under surveillance for and sold drugs to undercover cops at least three times in the previous week.
Authorities recovered 600 packages containing cocaine paste – a crude extract of the coca leaf – 150 bags stuffed with marijuana and 30 bags of cocaine.
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