OTTAWA — A man who stole gold “pucks” from the Royal Canadian Mint by hiding them in his rectum to evade metal detectors has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. Lawrence told the teller he had sold “gold nuggets” when she asked what the money was for, said court records. Lawrence set off the metal detector more often than any other mint employee without metal implants, Doody said in his ruling. Police eventually seized a gold puck that Lawrence had sold and found four more in his safety deposit box. Vaseline and latex gloves were later found in Lawrence’s locker, which Doody said “could have been used to facilitate insertion of gold items inside his rectum.”Doody ruled Lawrence had stolen 22 gold pucks from the mint worth $165,451.14.

Source: National Post February 02, 2017 17:44 UTC