Man tries to sneak £8,000 of cocaine through airport security under his wig

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. It’s debatable how well a toupée can cover your bald spot, but can it conceal cocaine?. Seemingly not, a man in Colombia found out as he tried to board a flight to Amsterdam.

The 40-year-old, who has not been named, was attempting fly to the Netherlands, allegedly with drugs said to be worth at least £8,000 on his head last week. But an x-ray scanner picked up something strange as he passed security in Cartagena airport, on the South American country’s Caribbean coast.

Once pulled aside, border security realised the hair on his head was not real at all – not all of it, at least. Stuck to his head was a toupée. While wearing a wig is not a crime, it appeared to conceal a surprise bigger than a receding hairline. Video footage released by Colombian police showed the moment an officer cut away a wig lined with 19 packets of white powder inside.

Testing confirmed them to contain cocaine, police said. The man, from Pereira in western Colombia, has now been charged with trafficking, manufacturing and carrying drugs. Brigadier General Gelver Yecid Peña Araque said: ‘We are dealing decisive blows against these criminal structures that not only fight over local drug trafficking, but are also the generators of different violent acts and other types of crimes that disrupt peace and coexistence.

‘We continue to insist on the importance of the community being our main ally, providing timely information that helps us identify and locate criminals.’. More than 60% of the world’s supply of cocaine is produced in Colombia. The next top producers are Peru and Bolivia, from where cocaine is usually transported before being smuggled further abroad – primarily to the US and Europe.

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro recently said: ‘‘Cocaine is illegal because it is made in Latin America, not because it is worse than whiskey. ‘Scientists have analysed this. Cocaine is no worse than whiskey. If you want peace, you have to dismantle the business (of drug trafficking).

‘It could easily be dismantled if they legalise cocaine in the world. It would be sold like wine.’. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. For more stories like this, check our news page. Arrow MORE: Suede jackets are all the craze – and this M&S staple has been added straight to basket.

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