DHAKA: At least three airline passengers have been caught smuggling bars of gold in their rectums in recent days, say authorities in Bangladesh.
One man had eight gold bars concealed inside his body, while an X-ray revealed four bars inside a man who was in a great deal of pain, said customs officials.
In a fourth incident, officers found nearly £500,000 worth of gold bars in a plane’s toilet.
The Bangladesh Customs Intelligence displayed X-ray images of the bundled bars
Earlier this week a passenger confessed to smuggling four gold bars, weighing 400g, inside his body
The latest arrest occurred today when customs officials detained a person who had eight gold bars hidden inside his body at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, the Daily Star reported.
The man had just stepped off a flight from Dubai and admitted to carrying the bars after being challenged at border control.
Later, at the airport toilet, he pushed out eight bars worth nearly £40,000.
In a separate incident on Tuesday, a man confessed to having four gold bars, weighing 400g, inside his body.
