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

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.

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

A Colombian man was arrested for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth thousands under his toupee, officials announced on Monday. The suspect was caught before taking a flight to Amsterdam from Cartagena's Rafael Nunez International Airport, according to Reuters and Sky News.

A man was arrested by the Cartagena Metropolitan Police while trying to board a flight from Cartagena, Colombia, to Amsterdam, after officers found cocaine under his toupee. The drugs are estimated to be worth more than 40 million Colombian pesos,

Some $10,495-worth of drugs was hidden beneath the narco-wig, police said, and the suspect was arrested for trafficking.

A Colombian man was arrested at Rafael Nunez International Airport in Cartagena for attempting to smuggle cocaine under a toupee. The 40-year-old suspect was preparing to board a flight to Amsterdam when police discovered the drugs.

A man headed to Amsterdam from Cartagena, Colombia, was arrested after police say they discovered around $10,000 worth of cocaine under his wig.