■ COLOMBIA
Cross-dressing killer caught
A cross-dressing suspected Colombian hitman just wasn't feminine enough to pull it off. Police said the 27-year-old suspect, identified only as "Chucho," was a killer for Colombia's Norte del Valle cocaine cartel and in order to lie low disguised himself as a woman. The suspect -- wanted for the killing of a salesman in May -- operated in southwest Narino province in a wig and dress "planning terrorist acts against the security forces," police said in a statement released on Wednesday. The suspect was nabbed when he and his male partner checked into a posh hotel, posing as a couple on a holiday. But locals weren't convinced and tipped off police about the strange couple. "It was the way he moved, the shape of the hair he was using, all of this prompted suspicions," regional police chief Colonel Fernando Jimenez said.
■ UNITED STATES
Skull shocks auction buyer
A woman who bought a box sight-unseen at an unclaimed property auction in Phoenix, Arizona, got a shock when she opened it and found a human skull, police said. The woman turned the skull over to police, who said it was relatively clean and do not believe foul play was involved. Phoenix police spokesman Sergeant Joel Tranter said officials were investigating where it came from. "There's no indication the skull is connected to a crime," Tranter said. "It's possible it was part of a medical display."
■ COLOMBIA
Navy finds drug submarine
The navy seized a 20m submarine that likely was used to haul tonnes of cocaine on part of its journey to the US, officials said on Tuesday. No drugs were found or arrests made when the fiberglass submarine was discovered on Sunday in a swampy mangrove about 10km off the northernmost point of Colombia's Caribbean coast. The blue-colored, diesel-powered vessel had sophisticated communications systems and was capable of carrying up to 10 tonnes of cocaine, said Rear Admiral Roberto Garcia Marquez, head of the navy's Caribbean fleet.
■ UNITED STATES
Nude jogging priest nabbed
A Catholic priest faces an indecent exposure charge after jogging in the nude about an hour before sunrise. The Reverend Robert Whipkey told police he had been running naked at a high school track in Frederick, Colorado, and did not think anyone would be around at that time of day, a police report said. He told officers he sweats profusely if he wears clothing while jogging. "I know what I did was wrong," he said in the report.
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