Bum rap? Sri Lankan arrested for trying to smuggle gold in rectum

[snoop1130]

Bum rap? Sri Lankan arrested for trying to smuggle gold in rectum

 

COLOMBO (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan man who raised suspicion by the way he kept looking around in an airport departure lounge was found to be carrying nearly a kilogram (2.2 lb) of gold stashed in his rectum, a customs official said on Monday.

 

The 45-year-old, headed for India, was arrested at Colombo airport on Sunday after customs officials noticed "suspicious movements", customs spokesman Sunil Jayarathne told Reuters.

 

The suspect was carrying 904.77 grams of gold worth 4.5 million rupees (21,879.72 pounds), but was freed after payment of 100,000 rupees, he said. Such methods of smuggling were not unusual, he said.

 

"The gold was wrapped in plastic bags inserted in to his rectum," Jayarathne said, adding that there were four bags.

 

"This is not the first such detection and this is a common method of smuggling."

 

(Reporting by Ranga Sirilal; Writing by Shihar Aneez; Editing by Nick Macfie)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-9-25

[theguyfromanotherforum]

8 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

 

The 45-year-old, headed for India, was arrested at Colombo airport on Sunday after customs officials noticed "suspicious movements",

 

golddiggers

[Thaiwrath]

10 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The 45-year-old, headed for India, was arrested at Colombo airport on Sunday after customs officials noticed "suspicious movements", customs spokesman Sunil Jayarathne told Reuters.

 

If I had that much gold up there, my arse would be twitching too ! 

[trogers]

He probably chose a safe way to wear gold, after reading about snatching and pickpockets.

[colinneil]

Customs officials noticed suspicious movements

Not easy walking with gold bars stuffed up your a++e.

[funandsuninbangkok]

Black gold?

 

Texas tea?

[FreddieRoyle]

8 hours ago, colinneil said:

Customs officials noticed suspicious movements

Not easy walking with gold bars stuffed up your a++e.

Probably one of those newfangled scanning machines. Recently, passing through Atlanta airport carrying some unsubscribed pills for boredom I had to go through one of these. Security dude kept asking are you sure you have nothing in your pocket at all, yes I'm sure. Nothing at all? No, nothing. He said well that's funny it looks like you have tictacs under your scrotum. Yes, well you asked about my pocket!! Take them out, hold them in your hand and let's try this again. :)

[steven100]

and who's going to hold it to show the media

[marginline]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A Sri Lankan man who raised suspicion by the way he kept looking around in an airport departure lounge

Perhaps he was nervous because he had just passed 'International Departures'?  

[wombat]

i guess he wasn't gay and was tighter than a ducks arse.

 

thats a lot of downward pressure from a KG.

[BuaBS]

If you felt the weight of an 1 kg gold bar , you sure would walk strangly. > 19 kg /dm3 already feels weird in your hand.  He must of had some real strong anus muscles .

[Sumarianson]

Nobody asks, why is it illegal to carry gold? Why is it?

Paper currency isn't worth crap in a crisis. You can carry currency if you declare it. Mind you have to trust those low paid customs officers dont rob you. Can anyone ecplain why it's illegal? Gold was always shipped all over the world to pay for goods a hundred years ago.

[Cereal]

3 hours ago, BuaBS said:

If you felt the weight of an 1 kg gold bar , you sure would walk strangly. > 19 kg /dm3 already feels weird in your hand.  He must of had some real strong anus muscles .

Uhhh....a 1 kg gold bar weighs the exact amount as 1 kg of goose down.

[BuaBS]

5 hours ago, Cereal said:

Uhhh....a 1 kg gold bar weighs the exact amount as 1 kg of goose down.

Of course it does . But holding something so dense feels a lot weirder than holding a 1 liter bottle of water.

 

[halloween]

2 hours ago, Sumarianson said:

Nobody asks, why is it illegal to carry gold? Why is it?

Paper currency isn't worth crap in a crisis. You can carry currency if you declare it. Mind you have to trust those low paid customs officers dont rob you. Can anyone ecplain why it's illegal? Gold was always shipped all over the world to pay for goods a hundred years ago.

India has laws restricting import of gold and silver. Don't know the full story, but this might help https://www.immihelp.com/travel-to-india/import/gold-silver.html

[trogers]

3 hours ago, Sumarianson said:

Nobody asks, why is it illegal to carry gold? Why is it?

Paper currency isn't worth crap in a crisis. You can carry currency if you declare it. Mind you have to trust those low paid customs officers dont rob you. Can anyone ecplain why it's illegal? Gold was always shipped all over the world to pay for goods a hundred years ago.

Governments want to retain the power of money and the freedom to print more. See QEs...

[BuaBS]

I'm sure a bitcoin wallet would fit better in Uranus than heavy gold.

[Kieran00001]

2 hours ago, BuaBS said:

Of course it does . But holding something so dense feels a lot weirder than holding a 1 liter bottle of water.

 

 

Of the two, I think the 1 litre of water would feel weirder in my arse.

[Kieran00001]

3 hours ago, Sumarianson said:

Nobody asks, why is it illegal to carry gold? Why is it?

Paper currency isn't worth crap in a crisis. You can carry currency if you declare it. Mind you have to trust those low paid customs officers dont rob you. Can anyone ecplain why it's illegal? Gold was always shipped all over the world to pay for goods a hundred years ago.

 

It is not illegal to carry gold, you just have to declare it the same as currency, it varies country to country but is generally the exact same value permitted without declaration. 

[marginline]

1 hour ago, BuaBS said:

I'm sure a bitcoin wallet would fit better in Uranus than heavy gold.

...and a Bitcoin wallet BuaBS; current value ฿130747.69 - can be carried 'in the clouds'. No rectum required krub! 

[BuaBS]

8 hours ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

Of the two, I think the 1 litre of water would feel weirder in my arse.

Never had an enema ? Or shot with the Thai bumgun up there ?

[tryasimight]

Shame it didn't happen in Thailand. The pointing photos would be classic.

[BuaBS]

Try to stick one of these wallets up there :

https://cryptowalletsupply.com/

 

It's just weird : they want to discourage us from owning gold , manipulating the gold price down , saying gold bugs are loosers . Gold is not taxed in europe nor Thailand , but if you get caught through customs at the airport , it's comfiscated . I would love to bring a nice bar with me , but that's impossible. Gold from europe or gold bought here in thailand is exactly the same 99,9 % AU.

Now India does have an import tax .

[saakura]

1 hour ago, BuaBS said:

Never had an enema ? Or shot with the Thai bumgun up there ?

OMG!! So you shove the entire head of the bum gun up your arse and then press the trigger? I think that is not the way it was intended to be used. Just spray the water externally and use your hand.

[Kieran00001]

1 hour ago, BuaBS said:

Try to stick one of these wallets up there :

https://cryptowalletsupply.com/

 

It's just weird : they want to discourage us from owning gold , manipulating the gold price down , saying gold bugs are loosers . Gold is not taxed in europe nor Thailand , but if you get caught through customs at the airport , it's comfiscated . I would love to bring a nice bar with me , but that's impossible. Gold from europe or gold bought here in thailand is exactly the same 99,9 % AU.

Now India does have an import tax .

 

It's not weird, the banks need gold to lend against, if too much gold gets hoarded by private individuals then the banks crash, not good for anyone.

 

The reason there is a license for importing into Thailand is that the currency is based on gold and too much being imported could destabilise the Baht.  The same thing is going on worldwide, they are keeping track of large movements of gold, anything over $10,000 typically has to be declared and those movements are logged.  Gold is not confiscated coming into Thailand, it is held until you leave.  Any undeclared currency or equivalent can be confiscated by customs though, it is their job to look out for crooks moving ill-gotten gains, just declare it, and if you want to bring it to Thailand then apply for the license, I very much doubt they are going to worry about your little bar ruining their economy!  

 

As for gold in Thailand and Europe being exactly the same, firstly gold is unique to where it was mined, no two places produce identical gold, and secondly there is a reason why Thai people call low carat gold Falang Gold.

[bendejo]

On 9/25/2017 at 6:25 AM, snoop1130 said:

A Sri Lankan man who raised suspicion by the way he kept looking around in an airport departure lounge was found to be carrying nearly a kilogram (2.2 lb) of gold stashed in his rectum

 

Should have taken the boat.

 

If this happened in Thailand we'd be treated to pics of the guy bent over and BiB pointing at his butt hole.

 

 

Edited September 26, 2017 by bendejo

[BuaBS]

15 hours ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

It's not weird, the banks need gold to lend against, if too much gold gets hoarded by private individuals then the banks crash, not good for anyone.

 

The reason there is a license for importing into Thailand is that the currency is based on gold and too much being imported could destabilise the Baht.  The same thing is going on worldwide, they are keeping track of large movements of gold, anything over $10,000 typically has to be declared and those movements are logged.  Gold is not confiscated coming into Thailand, it is held until you leave.  Any undeclared currency or equivalent can be confiscated by customs though, it is their job to look out for crooks moving ill-gotten gains, just declare it, and if you want to bring it to Thailand then apply for the license, I very much doubt they are going to worry about your little bar ruining their economy!  

 

As for gold in Thailand and Europe being exactly the same, firstly gold is unique to where it was mined, no two places produce identical gold, and secondly there is a reason why Thai people call low carat gold Falang Gold.

No banks don't need gold to lend agaist : they are printing trillions of unbacked currency.

Not even Thai Baht is based on gold. 

Gold ( not jewelry ) will be confiscated at any port of departure in europe , when not declared or above certain value . Who wants to declare his/her gold ?

Gold =Gold    AU 99,9 % purety here or in europe is the same . Farang gold is just more pure than what they typically sell in gold shops here. ( I'm not talking about 18 carat jewelry , but investment bars)

Edited September 27, 2017 by BuaBS

[Kieran00001]

2 hours ago, BuaBS said:

No banks don't need gold to lend agaist : they are printing trillions of unbacked currency.

Not even Thai Baht is based on gold. 

Gold ( not jewelry ) will be confiscated at any port of departure in europe , when not declared or above certain value . Who wants to declare his/her gold ?

Gold =Gold    AU 99,9 % purety here or in europe is the same . Farang gold is just more pure than what they typically sell in gold shops here. ( I'm not talking about 18 carat jewelry , but investment bars)

 

Banks do need gold to lend against, the fact that they sometimes chose to print more and devalue their currency against gold is a completely different matter.  The last financial crisis was caused largely by banks running out of gold, eased slightly by the UK selling off a large portion of their reserve at record low prices.

The currency is not based on gold, it is floated, but a gold reserve is kept that is equal to the currency printed to offer a means of a guarantee for the promises to pay that are made in the form of money.

Yes, gold above a certain value, often $10,000, will be confiscated if not declared, as will currency and jewelry to the same value, nothing to do with gold specifically but not declaring what could be illicit gains of some sort.  Who wants to declare their gold, better ask who doesn't and why they don't, if you earned the money and paid your taxes then you have no reason to avoid declaring what is rightfully yours.

No, not all gold is the same, perhaps you have noticed the glaringly obvious differences in color, the purity of bullion is not even always the same, but is close, but this has nothing to do with restricting or at least monitoring movements of large amounts, which really is about ensuring financial stability in the world.

Farang gold is less pure, it is slang Thai term for anything less than 24K.

 

[joeyg]

23 hours ago, BuaBS said:

Of course it does . But holding something so dense feels a lot weirder than holding a 1 liter bottle of water.

 

This from personal experience...

 

[joeyg]

He should have teamed up with this guy...