Crime | Colombia Smugglers Make Fake World Cup Out of Coke Colombian police seize illegal replica after noticing peeling paint By Marie Morris Posted Jul 4, 2010 3:50 PM CDT Copied A seized replica of a World Cup trophy, which according to Colombian authorities is made of cocaine, in Bogota, Friday July 2, 2010. The word behind it reads in Spanish "Cocaine." (AP Photo/Colombian National Police) Colombian investigators didn't like the "bad condition" of the gold paint on what at first appeared to be a World Cup trophy, so they had it checked—and found that the trophy seized at the Bogota airport consisted of 24 pounds of cocaine. The real thing is solid gold and weighs just 13.6 pounds, notes CNN. In what may or may not be an omen for real World Cup semifinalist Spain, the fake trophy was bound for Madrid. Read These Next The Amazon-USPS partnership could soon be coming to a close. Don't plan an overnighter to Grand Canyon's South Rim now. Gene Simmons says Congress has to fix the radio business model. Pamela Anderson would rather not be known as Pamela Anderson. Report an error