DHAKA: Bangladesh detectives hit the jackpot when they stopped Mohammad Belal at Chittagong airport carrying some surprising excess baggage. Gold smuggling in Bangladesh is at a record high, officials say, with the country emerging as a major route into neighboring India, which has slapped high taxes on gold imports. Now they are increasingly using their rectum to carry gold,” Moinul Khan, Bangladesh’s customs intelligence chief, told AFP. Some women were even found having carried gold in their vaginas.”More than 100 people—mostly Bangladeshi migrant workers—have been arrested since 2014 for gold smuggling at the country’s three international airports, police say. Khan said a “sizeable amount” of smuggled gold was sold to local jewelers.

Source: Manila Times May 28, 2017 05:26 UTC