Two caught at airport trying to smuggle gold in rectum, shoes

Two Indian nationals attempting to smuggle gold worth from Sri Lanka to Singapore were caught by the customs officers at Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport

According to media reports, 6 pieces of gold were concealed in one of the suspects rectum and 3 under the sole of his shoes while the other had concealed 6 pieces in the rectum and 2 under his feet.

The gold seized from the suspects weighed 3.75 lbs / 1.7 kg.

Ouch!