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Sri Lankan arrested for trying to smuggle 1kg of gold in his rectum
[THEGUARDIAN] A Sri Lankan man who raised suspicion by the way he kept looking around in an airport departure lounge was found to be carrying nearly 1kg (2.2lb) of gold stashed in his rectum.Remember the Edgar Allen Poe story? The Gold Bum? Rectum? Damn near killed him! The 45-year-old, who was headed for India, was incarcerated Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! at Colombo airport on Sunday after customs officials noticed "suspicious movements", said customs front man Sunil Jayarathne. "Suspicious movements?" Heh heh. Good one. The man was carrying 904.77g of gold worth 4.5m rupees (£22,000), but was freed after a payment of 100,000 rupees, he said. Such methods of smuggling were not unusual, he said. "The gold was wrapped in plastic bags inserted in to his rectum," Jayarathne said, adding that there were four bags. "This is not the first such detection and this is a common method of smuggling." Posted by: Fred 2017-09-26 |
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