Six passengers have been arrested at Chennai airport in India for smuggling gold and foreign currency in their wigs. Customs officials found gold paste and cash packed into parcels and hidden in the wigs of the passengers.
According to details, the gold was valued at around $344,000 (Rs 53,616,734) and $33,000 (Rs 5,143,465) was recovered in cash. The passengers had arrived from an unrevealed location in the Gulf.
The gold and cash were concealed in wigs, socks, underwear and inside the passengers’ bodies.
Airport officials found the passengers with suspicious looking hairstyles and took them into custody for an inquiry.
Chennai customs department also posted a video on social media that shows how the men had glued the packages under their fake hair.
