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

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

Hair-raising footage captured Colombian cops exposing a drug smuggler who had hidden $10,000 worth of cocaine under a wig glued to his head.

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

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Storyful/CBS Newspath/WKRC) - A man with a wig full of cocaine was arrested at the airport. A 40-year-old Colombian man was arrested at Rafael Nunez International Airport after authorities discovered he was attempting to board a flight to Amsterdam with cocaine concealed in a wig, police said.

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

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

There was over $10,000 worth of cocaine under the wig, police said. Police in Colombia arrested a man who was caught attempting to smuggle over $10,000 worth of cocaine hidden in his wig. The 40-year-old suspect was scheduled to fly to Amsterdam, Netherlands, before he was arrested at Rafael Nunez International Airport.

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 ...