Dispensary Corner

NO, IT wasn’t an overdose of minoxidil.

Authorities in Spain have arrested a man arriving on a flight from Colombia after taking exception to his exceptionally fluffy bouffant.

He was in fact wearing a hairpiece, underneath which he had craftily concealed 500g of cocaine with an estimated street value of €30,000 (below).

We’re not sure whether he was some sort of drug bigwig or just on the fringes of the cartel, but officers said they were combing Barcelona Airport for more evidence.

IT SOUNDS more like an action movie than political posturing, but a US congressman has asked Pentagon officials to confirm “whether or not the US Department of Defence experimented with ticks...for use as biological weapons”.

New Jersey representative Chris Smith has asked the tough question as part of an amendment to a bill authorising ongoing defence spending.

He has asked the Inspector General to conduct a review in response to ongoing rumours that pathogen-packed insects could be deployed to cause disease among enemy forces.