South Koreans arrested for smuggling gold into Japan

South Koreans arrested for smuggling gold into Japan

Photo taken June 1, 2017, shows gold seized by the Nagoya Customs' Chubu Centrair International Airport branch in the central Japan city of Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, after four South Korean and one Japanese woman were found to have concealed the wafers under their clothing. The women, who have been arrested for smuggling about 30 kilograms of gold into Japan, allegedly told police that they were paid about 10,000 yen ($90) per kilogram of gold they carried by a woman who fled to South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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