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Images in this video show the smuggle prevention of 57 protected cacti from Asia, undated. They were hidden in teddy bears.

Teddy bears packed with dozens of mind-bending peyote cacti hidden in their stuffing have been seized by customs officials in Poland.

The cuddly toys, posted from Thailand, were intercepted by Warsaw customs inspectors after being tipped off by suspicious sorting office workers.

Inside the teddies, they found 57 peyote cacti, which contain the hallucinogenic substance mescaline, often used in shamanic rituals.
Bizarre evidence photos show the toys with crooked grins and 'Happy Smiles' on their chests with the backsides ripped out to reveal their secret psychedelic cargo.

Bafflingly, Polish government officials say the cacti were confiscated not because of their drug content but because, as an endangered species, they could not be imported legally as they did not have the proper paperwork.