Venezuela: Thieves Stealing Women’s Hair At Gunpoint

Police in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo are hunting a gang of thieves who have been targeting woman to steal their hair.


According to news site Globovision, the robbers, known as "piranhas", are responsible for a spate of hair robberies in the South American community, believed to have been triggered by the growing demand for human hair extensions.
They are said to hunt for long-haired victims at shopping malls before using often violent means to get the hair.
Many victims have been held by gunpoint and forced to tie their hair into a ponytail in order to cut it off. The hair is later sold to beauty salons to be used for extensions.
Human hair can fetch anything from $500- $800 depending on the length. The extensions are weaved into the hair of men and women.

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