Smugglers were caught with almost $ 400,000 worth of gold hidden in various areas of their bodies while traveling through India.
Authorities noted that the two men had unusual hairstyles as they approached the departure from India’s Chennai International Airport on March 21. When security officials searched the suspects, they discovered that they were both wearing wigs.
Smugglers in wigs caught with gold money
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Underneath the wigs were packages of gold paste weighing 1.5 kilograms, reports the Southwest News Service. The packages had apparently been glued to the heads of the suspects, who tried to hide them under the moles.
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When the suspects were searched, the authorities discovered additional gold coins, money and other illegal items hidden in their bodies. Gold was discovered in his socks and even in his rectum.
The two men, identified as Magroob Akbarali and Zubair Hassan Rafiyutheen, were arrested at the terminal. They would have just arrived from Dubai. The authorities seized gold and cash worth an estimated $ 382,943.
The two men, identified as Magroob Akbarali and Zubair Hassan Rafiyutheen, were arrested at the terminal.
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The gold hidden under the wigs is not the strangest item seized at an airport.
At the end of February, Fox News reported that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published a list of its top 10 “catches” of 2020, detailing some of the very dangerous and very strange prohibited items that its officials have detected throughout the year. .
Among the 10 most confiscated things from travelers, TSA officers caught passengers carrying weapons, including a slingshot (# 10) and a book containing hidden knives (# 9), as well as some more flashy banned items, such as a beam of Roman candles (# 8) and a smoke grenade (# 7).
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But that is where the list gets weird, as TSA officials apparently needed to free a traveler from his dead baby shark, who was found floating in a chemical preservative considered too dangerous for air travel (# 6). In 2020, TSA security personnel were also forced to dismantle what appeared to be a pipe bomb, only to discover that it was a “homemade humidifier for travelers’ cigars” (# 5).
Michael Bartiromo of Fox News contributed to this report.