Two men caught smuggling gold into airport under their wigs

One of the men caught with gold under his wig

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Two men have been arrested after they were caught smuggling gold and cash into an airport underneath their wigs. 

The suspects were stopped at the exit at Chennai International Airport when officials became suspicious of their hairstyles. 

After they were stopped, customs officers noticed they were wearing wigs and peeled back the fake hair. 

They discovered two gold paste packets weighing 698 grams and cash was glued to their bald heads. 

Gold was also recovered from their socks and rectum.

The cash, along with chunks of gold and other illicit items can be seen laid out on the counter at the airport before they were detained. 

The smuggled goods and the wigs

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The black packets hidden under the wigs

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Magroob Akbarali and Zubair Hassan Rafiyutheen were arrested in the terminal after arriving into Chennai from Dubai.

Air Customs officials seized gold and foreign currency worth a total of $382,943 from southern India’s Chennai International Airport on Mar 21.