Ecstasy tablets with Donald Trump likeness seized in Germany

German Police have seized 5,000 ecstasy tablets moulded into the shape of controversial US President Donald Trump, they announced yesterday.

By The Newsroom Tuesday, 22nd August 2017, 1:26 pm Updated Tuesday, 12th September 2017, 11:37 am

The Trump tablet. Picture: Polizei OsnabrÃ¼ck/Handout

The discovery of the pills, which had a street value of around £37,000, was in the Northern town of Osnabruck, in a van registered in Austrian and driven by a father and son.

It is not uncommon for drug manufacturers to use shapes or famous faces and brand names to make their tablets stand out from the more traditional medicine style pills.

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Some of the most infamous pills, which often don’t contain ecstasy, had this branding, including deadly ‘Green Rolex’ pills that were discovered at T in the Park.

The Trump pills are believed to have been made in Amsterdam, though it is not yet known what role in the process the father and son team had, but were quoted in German media as saying they were en route to Hanover.