NYC Drug Dealer Used Minions and Olaf Dolls to Help Hide His Drugs

On Wednesday, the NYPD's special prosecutor for narcotics announced that it had arrested five people alleged to have been running a drug trafficking scheme that involved sending cocaine in packages disguised as children's birthday gifts -- some of which contained stuffed Minions and Olaf from Frozen dolls.

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The packages, five of which were sent from Puerto Rico, contained nearly one kilogram of cocaine each, with a combined street value of A$306,000.

"Kilos of cocaine were disguised as children's birthday gifts, and shipped alongside innocent looking Olaf dolls and other toys, in a failed attempt to conceal the sinister contents," Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan said in a statement.

This is Olaf's first brush with the dark side, but the Minions have been wreaking havoc all summer.

First, there was the McDonald's Happy Meal Minions toy that was accused of swearing at young kids.

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And then earlier this month, a 40-foot-tall inflatable Minion terrorised the streets of Dublin, Ireland, causing traffic delays and minor car damage.

The jabbering little yellow creatures were spun off from the Despicable Me franchise into their own blockbuster film Minions this summer, which has taken in A$1.24 billion worldwide thus far.

So they have no reason at all to get involved in a drug deal.

Jordan Zakarin writes for Yahoo Movies