Man arrested for wearing wig to hide $10,000 worth of cocaine

(CBS, KYMA/KECY) - 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 €10,000 (around USD$10,470).

The suspect, a Colombian national originally from Pereira, was arrested at Rafael Nunez International Airport after an officer from the Anti-Narcotics Unit of the National Colombian Police found, through a scanner, that he was wearing "a wig that contained more than 220 grams (7.76 ounces) of cocaine," police said.

Footage released by Colombian police first shows officers examining a scan of the man's body.

An officer then removes the wig from the mans head to reveal multiple packets containing a white powder, a sample of which is tested on the spot.