A Colombian man has been arrested after he allegedly tried to smuggle almost $20,000 worth of cocaine under his toupee.
According to the Reuters news agency, the man was caught while trying to board a flight from Cartagena's Rafael Nunez International Airport to Amsterdam.
"This individual is profiled by one of our experts and subjected to the procedure," Gelver Yecid Pena Araque for the Metropolitan Police of Cartagena said in a translated statement.
The man was taken into custody, where he was searched for the drugs.
"There, through the scanner and a body search, the wig was found, which contained more than 220 grams of cocaine that he intended to take to this country and with this, criminal profits got hit," Pena Araque said.
Video from the man's arrest shows authorities cutting the toupee off, revealing 19 small tablets of the drug stuffed inside.
Police said the hidden cocaine was worth around US$10,515 (NZ$18,366).
The man was hit with a number of drug related charges, including the manufacturing and carrying of narcotic substances, and suspision of trafficking, Sky News reported.
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