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 Cartagena, Colombia, to Amsterdam, Netherlands, while wearing a wig hiding cocaine worth more than €10,

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.

A man was arrested by the Cartagena Metropolitan Police while trying to board a flight from Cartagena, Colombia, to Amsterdam, after officers found cocaine under his toupee. The drugs are estimated to be worth more than 40 million Colombian pesos,

Colombian police apprehended a 40-year-old man attempting to smuggle several bags of cocaine concealed beneath a meticulously attached toupee.

Colombian police arrested a man at an airport in Cartagena for trying to smuggle cocaine under a toupee on a flight to Amsterdam. The 220 grams of drugs were worth €10,000 euros. View on euronews

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 report published in October by the international organisation found that the cultivation of coca bushes increased by 10% in Colombia in 2023, while potential cocaine production

Police said 19 small packets, totalling 220g, were found in the toupee-styled “narco-wig". Read more at straitstimes.com.

A Mexican woman is facing federal charges over her alleged work that involved testing the quality of cocaine trafficked by drug cartels, authorities said.

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