Spanish Police Arrest Man After He Allegedly Attempted to Smuggle Cocaine Under His Toupee
Once you see the picture you will understand why customs caught on so quickly. A Colombian man was taken into custody this week after he allegedly attempted to smuggle cocaine underneath his toupee while traveling.
On Tuesday, Spain’s National Police announced on Twitter that they had arrested a man in the Barcelona Airport on June 18 after TSA agents discovered half a kilogram of cocaine hidden under his hairpiece.
“Stopped in #Barcelona with drugs in his toupee … his hair is going to fall out !!” the police quipped alongside photos of the man wearing his toupee, as well as one of him without it, revealing the bag of drugs on top of his head.
His appearance alone seemed to be enough to spark curiosity for any passerby, as the toupee was unnaturally positioned high above his head due to the thickness of the bag.
Officials, however, told La Vanguardia that 65-year-old man, who was traveling to Bogotá, initially drew attention to himself at the security checkpoint by his nervous behavior.
According to the outlet, the unidentified man was allegedly carrying close to 503 grams (1.1 pounds) of cocaine on his head, which is reportedly worth at least $33,000.
After being detained, the man was charged with a crime against public health. He remains under the Judicial Authority’s custody, La Vanguardia reports.
So let me get this straight- he was smuggling coke FROM to Spain to one of the coke-heaviest countries on the planet? Seems a little, I don’t know, hair brained...
Instead of being on drugs, the drugs were on him.
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August 07, 2019, 09:34 PM
joel9507
Finding that stash must have been a hair-raising adventure!
August 07, 2019, 09:42 PM
snoris
For some reason, I immediately thought of Rodney Dangerfield’s line in Caddyshack:
