Dick Hanscom "passed" along this story an a funny-walking smuggler caught hiding gold in an awkward place.
-Editor
A smuggler was caught with 2lb of gold worth £46,000 in his bottom after customs officers spotted his unusual walk at an airport in India.
The man was travelling on a GoAir flight from Dubai into Kerala's Kannur airport and had hidden the stash of gold inside his own body to avoid paying the 18 per cent tax.
It is believed he had been walking awkwardly and was stopped and checked as a result where the gold was discovered by officials from the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), who also shared images of the precious metal which had been recovered.
Police said another man on the same flight was stopped from trafficking 3.2lb (1.47kg) of gold into India.
However, they did not reveal how he concealed the precious metal, The National reported.
They were the latest in a number of seizures of gold being smuggled into the country from Arabic states.
To read the complete article, see:
Man with the golden bum: Smuggler is caught with 2lb of gold worth $60,000 in his backside after customs officers spotted his unusual walk at Indian airport
(https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8844123/Smuggler-caught-2lb-gold-worth-46-000-backside-Indian-airport.html)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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