Smugglers were caught with nearly $ 400,000 in gold hidden over various parts of their bodies while traveling in India.
According to authorities, the two men had very unusual hairstyles when they approached an exit to Chennai International Airport in India on March 21.
Witch smugglers caught with gold cash
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Among the wigs were gold stickers weighing 1.5 pounds, Southwest News Service reported. The parcels were apparently stuck on the heads of the suspects, who then tried to hide under ropes.
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When the suspects were searched, the authorities discovered additional pieces of gold, cash and other illegal items hidden by their bodies. Gold was apparently discovered in their socks and even in their rectums.
The two men, identified as Magroob Akbarali and Zubair Hassan Rafiyutheen, were arrested while still in the terminal. They apparently had just arrived from Dubai. Authorities seized gold and cash worth about $ 382,943.
The two men, identified as Magroob Akbarali and Zubair Hassan Rafiyutheen, were arrested while still in the terminal.
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Gold hidden under toupees is not the strangest object seized by an airport.
In late February, Fox News reported that the Transport Security Administration (TSA) had published a list of its top 10 “good catches” of 2020, outlining the very dangerous and very strange prohibited items it had officers throughout the year.
Among the top ten things travelers confiscated were TSA officials caught passengers carrying weapons, including a slingshot (No. 10) and a book with hidden knives (No. 9), as well as some flashing prohibited items such as a bundle of Roman candles (No. 8). ) and a smoke grenade (# 7).
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But that’s when the list takes a turn for the strange, as TSA officials apparently had to relieve a traveler of his dead baby shark, which was found to be in a chemical preservative considered dangerous for air travel (# 6 ), drive. In 2020, TSA security personnel were also forced to dismantle what looked like a pipe bomb, only to find that it was a ‘homemade humidor for a traveler’s cigars’ (No. 5).
Fox News’ Michael Bartiromo contributed to this report.