British woman caught smuggling 1kg of cocaine stashed under her wig

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An airport customs officer noticed the 32-year-old had 'a lot of hair'.

Closer examination revealed a one kilogram (2.2lb) bag of cocaine glued to her head under a hairpiece.

Stash: The woman was caught with a kilo of cocaine

The Verdens Gang newspaper said the drug was glued so firmly to the woman's real hair that police had to take her to hospital to have it removed.

A spokesman for Norway's customs service said: 'During a conversation with the woman, a customs official noticed she had a lot of hair and thought she was wearing a wig.

'The woman and the drugs were later handed to police.'

The unnamed woman was stopped at Vaernes airport, near Trondheim, after flying in from Copenhagen on Sunday evening.

A court has remanded her until July 15.