A man was caught trying to fly to Amsterdam with £8,000 of cocaine hidden under his wig. The Columbian national was stopped by police while attempting to smuggle the drugs, concealed under a wig, on a flight from Cartagena to Amsterdam on 20 February.

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

There was something strange about his hairstyle!” Airport security officials in Colombia have seen their fair share of smuggling attempts, but a recent case at Bogotá’s El Dorado International Airport has left many stunned.

Police in the South American country arrested the man after an officer with the anti-narcotics unit of the National Colombian Police spotted the cocaine through a scanner.

A man was arrested in Columbia after trying to board a flight while wearing a wig hiding cocaine worth more than €10,000, or about $10,470. (Credit: Policia de Colombia via Storyful)

Colombian police say a 40-year-old man was arrested after being caught trying to board a flight from Cartagena, Colombia, to Amsterdam, Netherlands, while wearing a wig hiding cocaine worth more than €10,