Fighting between two armed groups has been ongoing for almost a month along the border with Venezuela. Leaked Colombian military intelligence reports allege that one of the groups works with Venezuelan officials to traffic cocaine.
Colombian police say a 40-year-old man was arrested after being caught trying to board a flight from Colombia, to Amsterdam while wearing a wig hiding cocaine worth more than $10,000.
The National Police in Colombia say they noticed something suspicious when this traveler was scanned through the airport security monitors in Cartagena.
He may have been using his head, but a 40-year-old passenger wasn't able to get past Colombian airport security with a cocaine-stuffed "narco wig," police said Monday.
Hair-raising footage captured Colombian cops exposing a drug smuggler who had hidden $10,000 worth of cocaine under a wig glued to his head.
A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to take 220g of cocaine to the Netherlands by hiding it in a wig.
This is the bizarre moment airport security found cocaine hidden in a passenger's toupee. The suspected smuggler was trying to fly to Amsterdam when he was pulled aside at the Rafael Nunez Airport in Cartagena,
A Mexican woman is facing federal charges over her alleged work that involved testing the quality of cocaine trafficked by drug cartels, authorities said.
CARTAGENA, Colombia (Storyful/CBS Newspath/WKRC) - A man with a wig full of cocaine was arrested at the airport. A 40-year-old Colombian man was arrested at Rafael Nunez International Airport after authorities discovered he was attempting to board a flight to Amsterdam with cocaine concealed in a wig, police said.
The National Police in Colombia say they noticed something suspicious when this traveler was scanned through the airport security monitors in Cartagena. The passenger had a ticket bound for Amsterdam in the Netherlands,
Video showed officers examining a scan of the man’s body at Rafael Nunez International Airport before removing his wig, revealing multiple packets of white powder.