Cocaine-filled condoms addressed to Vatican

German customs officials have intercepted a package addressed to the Vatican containing 14 condoms filled with cocaine, said the finance ministry.

A ministry spokesman told AFP that a box packed with 340 grammes of cocaine valued at €40,000 was seized at the international airport in the eastern city of Leipzig in January.

The narcotics, posted from an unnamed South American country, were in liquid form and had been poured into the condoms and placed in the package addressed to the Vatican’s main postal centre.