Lima: A picture of a Nazi flag and the name Hitler were printed in low relief on the outside of 58 one-kilogram packages of cocaine that were found Thursday by Peruvian anti-drug police.

The find was made in the port of Paita, which is located on Peru's northern Pacific coast close to Ecuador's border. According to a police report that The Associated Press was able to obtain, the drugs were concealed inside a shipping container carrying asparagus on the Liberian-flagged vessel SC Anisha R that had earlier anchored in the Ecuadorian port of Ecuador. It stated that the shipment was going to a Belgian port.

Videos and images provided to AP by the Peruvian police's anti-drug directorate revealed that the drugs were hidden inside a container's ventilation system. Police kept searching the ship's more than 80 containers.

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Authorities in Peru have previously reported discovering cocaine in brick-shaped packages with odd and unusual symbols, but never with a Nazi Germany flag.

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Authorities in Peru estimate that the nation produces about 100 tonnes of drugs annually, the majority of which are exported to Europe via ships, though some also travel to Atlantic ports via small planes carrying cocaine to Bolivia.

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According to the United Nations, Peru is the second-largest producer of cocaine in the world, and the US Drug Enforcement Administration ranks Peru as the second-largest grower of coca leaves.