Indian officials find soap bars containing 50K US dollars of smuggled gold
Indian officials find soap bars containing 50K US dollars of smuggled gold

Indian officials have seized gold worth more than 50,000 US dollars which was hidden by smugglers inside bars of soap.

The precious metal was discovered by officers in Tiruchirappalli International Airport in Tamil Nadu on September 2nd.

The bars of soap were carefully hollowed out to make space for the gold which was wrapped in black plastic.

The find had an estimated value of 3,800,000 Indian rupees or 51,876 US dollars.