A man who tried to smuggle €10,000 (~$10,500) worth of cocaine out of Colombia under his toupee was caught by border guards. Though the hairpiece was well-attached—a fascinating video shows the guards scissoring through it to reveal the flat white bags concealed beneath—the man was betrayed by the appearance of his head.
A Colombian national was caught trying to smuggle drugs hidden under a toupee, while boarding a flight from Cartagena to Amsterdam on February 20. The wig contained 19 cocaine capsules, a shipment valued at more than €10,000 (£8,290), authorities said. The suspect was arrested and placed at the disposal of the Attorney General's Office for the crime of trafficking, manufacturing and carrying narcotic substances.
Sounds like the kind of thing that works every time until you (or whoever is forcing you to mule it) gets just a little too greedy.
Previously:
• Now you can play as a border guard on iPad
• Tracking fatal encounters with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
• New EU border security pilot program is all kinds of creepy.
• US border guards can't believe Nigerian man is a software engineer, google 'questions to ask a software engineer' and give him a pop quiz
