An Indian man was arrested at New Delhi airport trying to smuggle gold, The Times of India reported.
He was carrying $39,947 worth of gold on him, hidden in pouches beneath a wig and inside his rectum.
Delhi Customs shared a video of officials cutting his wig to reveal a pouch of gold glued to his head.
A man was arrested by customs officials at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday after he was caught trying to smuggle melted-down gold worth around 3,055,000 Indian Rupees ($39,947).
The man, who has not been identified, concealed the gold in a pouch hidden beneath a wig he was wearing, a customs official said, per The Times of India.
A video, shared by Delhi Customs, shows the wig being cut away to reveal a pouch of melted gold glued to the top of his bald head.
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