[size=14pt]Venezuela's Maduro pledges action on women's hair thieves.[/size]

15 August 2013 Last updated at 05:12


President Maduro called on the interior ministry and police to act against the gangs.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called on the police to act against gangs that are stealing women's hair.

The thieves sell the hair - sometimes stolen at gunpoint - to salons where it is used for extensions and wigs.

Attacks appear to be on the rise, especially in the country's second largest city Maracaibo, local media report.

Mr Maduro used strong language against what he called "mafias that cut girls' hair".

Speaking at the inauguration of a train station in the capital Caracas, he said the government would guarantee that the thieves would be caught.

Several women have reportedly been targeted, being asked to tie their hair into ponytails so that gang members can easily cut it off.

However, the BBC's Irene Caselli in Venezuela says authorities are yet to receive any formal complaints.

One victim told a local newspaper that she refused to report the case to the police because she feared being teased.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23707452

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naptu2:

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23707452

Really?

Just hope they mafias wont be traced back to Nigeria.

This so unreal... funny yet serious. I guess some of those hair on our girls are stolen too.

So funny!!!

Most of our girls in nigeria used wigs and attachment how are we sure it is not stolen hair.

Funny, but so sure this can be traced back to our Nigeria ladies. The Kingpin must be in this town.

That reminds me I have to go fix my Venezuela extension

Kolade9:

yeeeee if u thief my sister hair police will catch uuu

Sad day for our black women, especially Nigerian women.

You going to have to shell out good money to buy your weave since you don't appreciate your God given hair

wot about the buyers.

I guess they now offer hair insurance in Venezuela.

I Knew it that this would happen..... That is why they re ship it back to Niger and here they call it HUMAN HAIR.... i wonder maybe the natural one on their head is ANIMAL HAIR...... PALAPALA.....

Infact if i have my way the last one i bought for my babe i go collect am back!

No wonder hair are nt as expensive as they use 2 b b4 girls can now afford it and stil do big girl.

And that has to attract the President attention?

Its not even about just fake hair for black women.

People in South Africa, are also being attacked and their dreadlocks cut off and resold.

Wonders shall never end!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21498878

Shabba!!...Darelee i'm jst me....Y'all cn jst go to whr sef??....jst wanna say smetin thou...

In venezuela gangstars voice*ur hair or ur life*

Lol baby oku things

0rganised crime...

Team Natural weaves! Yipeee!!

,,,,,,,,,,!!!!!,,,,,,,,,,,

Lol, I dey laff for pidgin. Naija girls take note.

I hope they get the situation there under control. So scared for those women. I can't imagine walking and minding my own business and someone comes and cuts my hair off. How scary. Hope they won't resort to killing them just because of hair.

So na stolen hair wey all these babes cary dey do guy here & their. Mtcheeew, Rubish fake lyf

Another type of boko haram of Venezuela.

We get kurokuro hair for Naija...Come we have dandruff hair for sale. Boku for free if you want to dey export am go Venezuela.