Bogota, Colombia – Colombian police said that a 40-year-old man caught some cocaine bags hidden under a hanging tupoe.
Police said the suspect was arrested at Cartagena airport that he was ready to make a flight to Amsterdam on Monday. A scanner revealed the hidden charge: 220 grams packaged in small cocaine bags, strategically located authorities described as “Narco as a wig”.
The police calculate the street value of approximately 10,000 euros ($ 10,500) in European markets.
A police videos released on Monday caught, wearing blue gloves, carefully removed the hair of the suspects with scissors, revealing approximately a dozen coca. The statements of more police confirmed the previous criminal record of the suspects, which included two previous two drug trafficking convictions.
Colombian National Police through AP
“Organized crime groups are exploiting young people, it suggests that our safety measures can easily avoid,” said Cartagena police commander Gelver Gelver Yesid Yesid Peña. “However, this case shows that this is not true.”
Colombian cocaine production has risen since 2013, according to the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime.
The report published in October found that the international organization found 10 percent in Colombia in 2023, as the potential of coca production rose by 53%.
With the 2016 Peace Agreement in the rural area with the cotting crop, small armed groups have filled it in vacuum, actively promoting coca-coca trading.
In July 2019, a Colombian man was arrested at Barcelona Airport Koka hidden a pound on his tupleSaid Spanish police. The man attracted the attention of the officers because he had “significantly nervous” and his wig was “disproportionate size,” police stated in a statement.
The officer asked the man and “a very sealed package has hit his head.” He had 503 grams of cocaine (1.1 pounds) worth more than 30,000 euros ($ 34,000).
