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Man caught trying to smuggle cocaine under a wig in Colombia (news.sky.com)

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A Colombian man has been caught trying to smuggle £8,000 worth of cocaine under a wig.

The drugs were discovered by police after the 40-year-old attempted to board a plane to Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Rafael Nunez International Airport.

Footage released by police showed the wig being cut off the man's head to reveal 19 capsules of the substance, which weighed 220g.

The man was arrested on suspicion of trafficking, manufacturing and carrying narcotic substances, the Colombian national police said.

The force said the bust had affected criminal finances and "prevented the sale of more than 400 doses of cocaine, valued at more than €10,000 (£8,296) in international markets".

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I just find it insane that cocaine is so damn expensive--that's £36.36 per gramme, going by this article. About £1/25mg dose, and the average dose will cost double that. For comparison (I use a vaporiser), my 0.25g bowl will get me high multiple times for about the same price, for several times longer.

Cocaine actually costs more than that.

You get a measly 15ish minute caffeine rush. And, most likely, an addiction. I'd try it (only for the sake of saying I've done it, for definitive proof that it's pointless).. my expectations are pretty damn low.

Profitable, for sure--similar to how tobacco is. But damn, I do not get it. Between the risk of arrest for dealing a drug that isn't all that valuable, and actually using it, I genuinely do not get it. Like, at least make the bricks garden gnome shaped. Out of MDMA. That'd be a way better surprise for the Dutch authorities.

[–] NaturalViber 3 points 1 week ago

It's literally $80 a gram in my part of the USA, and that's for good stuff. I know this for um, reasons. If you pay any less than that, it's gonna be garbage cocaine.

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