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Bad Hair-o-in Day - Smuggler fails to get drugs past customs
Channel 5 News San Francisco ^ | 8/5/2005 | CBS 5 News

Posted on 08/08/2005 7:02:23 AM PDT by Loud Mime

CBS 5) It was the ultimate bad hair day for a would-be drug smuggler.

Investigators say a bad toupe tipped them off to more than $100,000 worth of heroin hidden underneath -- superglued to the man's head.

Customs and border protection officers say the man, arriving on a flight from Columbia, glued 40 packets of heroin to his head.

"Because he used superglue, they took him to a medical facility to have it removed," said Officer Jennifer Conners. "Even at that, it pulled out the hair wherever they removed a package, so he ended up looking like a spotted cat."

Agents said they knew something was up because it was strange to see a 19-year-old wearing a toupe, and he was acting very nervous.

(© MMV, CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.)


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drug; smuggler; toupe
Next time he'll try to disguise the drug as dandruff.
1 posted on 08/08/2005 7:02:24 AM PDT by Loud Mime
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To: Loud Mime
It can't be said enough....

This is your toupee,
And this is your toupee on drugs.
Any questions?

2 posted on 08/08/2005 7:06:18 AM PDT by msnimje
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To: Loud Mime

Another poster child for the Darwin Award.


3 posted on 08/08/2005 7:07:00 AM PDT by ICE-FLYER (God bless and keep the United States of America)
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To: Marine Inspector

CBP Ping.


4 posted on 08/08/2005 7:07:41 AM PDT by Terabitten (Life, liberty, and the pursuit of all who threaten it.)
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To: Loud Mime
Investigators say a bad toupe tipped them off

Is there such a thing as a 'good' toupe? A 'good' comb-over?

5 posted on 08/08/2005 7:08:29 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Choose life!)
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To: Loud Mime

PacMan


6 posted on 08/08/2005 7:12:10 AM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: mhking

ping


7 posted on 08/08/2005 7:18:52 AM PDT by Loud Mime (War is Mankind's way of ridding the world of the tyranny caused by liberalism)
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To: Loud Mime

thats why they call it dope


8 posted on 08/08/2005 7:21:14 AM PDT by kendu
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To: battlegearboat
PacMan

Mule-headed....

9 posted on 08/08/2005 7:22:36 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: kendu

Somewhere we should have the "here's you sign" punch line.


10 posted on 08/08/2005 7:23:37 AM PDT by Loud Mime (War is Mankind's way of ridding the world of the tyranny caused by liberalism)
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To: r9etb

Stuck in the middle again...


11 posted on 08/08/2005 7:25:11 AM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: Loud Mime
It's not his! He didn't know it was there! The baggage handlers planted it!

Hey, that's Schapelle Corby's excuse. It might work for him.

12 posted on 08/08/2005 8:15:50 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: Loud Mime
This was the toupe that tipped off the agents:


13 posted on 08/08/2005 8:19:21 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen

No. That's not suspicious at all...


;)


14 posted on 08/08/2005 3:22:30 PM PDT by Loud Mime (War is Mankind's way of ridding the world of the tyranny caused by liberalism)
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