Colombian man hides 24 pounds of marijuana in Leo Messi portrait

The folks at DT don't know enough about hiding drugs to know the logistics of concealing marijuana inside a portrait, but it surely must involve a dash of ingenuity and plenty of cunning. It takes less cunning, however, to make the portrait of an extremely popular South American football star, and then carry it on a public bus through Colombia.

Sport reports on a story first published in Colombian newspaper El Heraldo:

The drug transporter, pictured in the blue polo shirt above, now awaits a trial for using the Barcelona star's image in vain.

Police on the scene, meanwhile, noted that they haven't seen an Argentinean footballer that full of recreational drugs on public transport since Diego Maradona rode the Greyhound through town.