The suspect has been arrested after trying to board a flight from Cartagena, Colombia to Amsterdam with the drug under his toupee, police say

Colombian police apprehended a 40-year-old man attempting to smuggle several bags of cocaine concealed beneath a meticulously attached toupee.

The Metropolitan Police of Cartagena said that a 40-year-old man was caught with 220 grams of cocaine while trying to go through airport security after a scanner showed the drugs in the toupee. The incident occurred as the man was trying to travel on a flight to Amsterdam.

The passenger was attempting to board a flight from Cartagena, Colombia to Amsterdam when officials busted him

Police in Colombia arrested a man at an airport for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth thousands under his toupee, officials announced on Monday.

Colombian police arrested a man at an airport in Cartagena for trying to smuggle cocaine under a toupee on a flight to Amsterdam. The 220 grams of drugs were worth €10,000 euros. View on euronews

Police said 19 small packets, totalling 220g, were found in the toupee-styled “narco-wig". Read more at straitstimes.com.

Video showed officers examining a scan of the man’s body at Rafael Nunez International Airport before removing his wig, revealing multiple packets of white powder.

The National Police in Colombia say they noticed something suspicious when this traveler was scanned through the airport security monitors in Cartagena.

Footage released by police showed the wig being cut off the man's head to reveal 19 capsules of the substance, which weighed 220g.

A Colombian man has been arrested after trying to smuggle 200 grams of cocaine under a toupee on a flight from Cartagena to Amsterdam.

The suspect has been arrested after trying to board a flight from Cartagena, Colombia to Amsterdam with the drug under his toupee, police say Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at ...