Man caught at Barcelona airport with cocaine worth £27k under his wig

A Colombian man was arrested at Barcelona’s international airport after cocaine worth £27,000 was found under his toupee.

The man attracted police attention because he looked nervous and had a disproportionately large hairpiece under his hat, officers said in Spain.

They found half a kilogram of cocaine worth about €30,000 stuck to his head.

Officers said in a statement: “There is no limit to the inventiveness of drug traffickers trying to mock controls.”

Spanish police have released photos of the man with and without the toupee.

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