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8 men arrested for smuggling gold from S Korea to Japan in rectums

Crime Jan. 17, 2012 - 07:00AM JST ( 82 )

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GurukunJan. 17, 2012 - 07:14AM JST

Where did they get this idea?! Did they just pull the idea out of thier ass?....Oh, wait....
4

sayonarajapanJan. 17, 2012 - 07:22AM JST

c'mon this is great!....stuffing gold up your arse!! trying to take it to the land of the rising sun...... the sun must have shone out their arse!!
5

Mirai HayashiJan. 17, 2012 - 07:34AM JST

How did customs find the gold is the real question.
2

borschtJan. 17, 2012 - 07:39AM JST

First, James Bond had to deal with Goldfinger. Now, Gold....
3

mitoguitarmanJan. 17, 2012 - 07:49AM JST

Guess the thought of metal detectors never crossed their minds.
2

shirokuma2011Jan. 17, 2012 - 07:52AM JST

And imagine the eight of them in a hotel room pre-departure, getting ready for their flight... ugh... "You guys got everything?" "Uhh, let me check..." "No, no, don't..."
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Mirai HayashiJan. 17, 2012 - 08:07AM JST

kind of makes you want to think twice before you wear any gold jewelry
2

GodanJan. 17, 2012 - 08:18AM JST

Later, one of the suspects allegedly orchestrated an unsuccessful bid to smuggle gold bars from Mongolia to Hong Kong using a similar method.

So small beads weren't good enough for this individual. He then graduated to shoving bars of gold up his tukus?! Too funny!
1

GurukunJan. 17, 2012 - 08:24AM JST

Godan, LOL!

...And also, that S#@$%^T is worth alot of money....literally (^^)
2

EveningJazzJan. 17, 2012 - 08:32AM JST

South Korea says Japanese custom officials caught the men on their second attempt and sent them home after imposing fines.

Maybe one of them farted while waiting in line at customs? :-)
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6wingsJan. 17, 2012 - 08:32AM JST

Hindsight is 20/20 but they should have known that transporting anything via the rectum bears risk of physiological damage. Soon after the fact a Japanese customs officer quipped, "Wrecked 'em? It nearly killed 'em!"
3

Photoman333Jan. 17, 2012 - 08:34AM JST

If you wrote this as a fiction story no one would take you seriously.
2

FarmboyJan. 17, 2012 - 08:51AM JST

This will really be a boost for the airport butt-scanning equipment makers...
1

Dennis BauerJan. 17, 2012 - 08:52AM JST

maybe a laptop with a heavy battery would have been better :p
3

Sam DooleyJan. 17, 2012 - 09:17AM JST

Is that gold up your butt or are you just happy to see me.
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Samantha Zoe AsoJan. 17, 2012 - 09:22AM JST

@ photoman333. They do say that fact is stranger than fiction. Brings a whole new meaning to shooting bullets.

Think I'll have to start checking the toilet bowls a little more closely next time I go through Narita. Well, after reading this, I'd like to say I've heard it all but there's always tomorrow......

We've had genitals....now bums.....what's next?
0

Bill PageJan. 17, 2012 - 09:36AM JST

Turned out to be a bum job then.
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SpideyJan. 17, 2012 - 09:41AM JST

Ahh...the old "aurum et asinum" the oldest trick in the book.

S
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Ivan CoughanoffalotJan. 17, 2012 - 09:43AM JST

"However did you find the evidence, Holmes?"

"Alimentary, my dear Watson"
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mokgohanJan. 17, 2012 - 09:44AM JST

the men allegedly transformed $260,000 in gold bars into small beads and smuggled them in their rectums to Japan two times in 2010

So who buys gold these days. Well, Hip-hop posers in Tokyo still like to fill their grill with the stuff and where do they get their gold? Black market of course, or Brown Market in this case.
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AlphaapeJan. 17, 2012 - 09:50AM JST

@ photoman333. They do say that fact is stranger than fiction. Brings a whole new meaning to shooting bullets.

@ Samantha Zoe Aso: A case was just reported in the US about a man smuggling a gun in his rectum into a jail. That would give a new meaning to "shooting bullets" and I guess the guy was a "crack shot."

If they are going to go through the entire porcess of making gold bars into smaller beads, shoving them up your rectum and then when you get to Japan get them all and convert back to bars, wouldn't it be just as easy to pay the damn inport fees? How much are they really going to save?
1

ElvensilvanJan. 17, 2012 - 09:54AM JST

This method has been used to smuggle drugs into mainland China for many years now.

But gold, passing through high-security airports? Maybe if they wove the gold into thin threads and attached it to some electronic equipment, maybe ... but up the butthole?

I'm just having a good laugh right now imagining the airport security who probably was at a loss on why the metal detector keept beeping, and finally found out what was hidden where.
1

ribstickJan. 17, 2012 - 10:00AM JST

They got the idea from Pulp Fiction (Bruce Willis and his dad's watch).
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CrazyJoeJan. 17, 2012 - 10:02AM JST

I wonder if any "came" due to stimulation of their prostate gland?
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Alistair CarnellJan. 17, 2012 - 10:19AM JST

Hey! I wonder if those golden beads were on a thread, and if they enjoyed having them pulled out....Ooh-er ! Sounds dead kinky.
2

CrazyJoeJan. 17, 2012 - 10:22AM JST

This group has about 80 members and already smuggled 1.7 tons of gold into Japan.
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UtrackJan. 17, 2012 - 10:25AM JST

asinine, there just had to be a better way. How long are they gonna get in the pokey?
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Patrick SmashJan. 17, 2012 - 10:25AM JST

borscht, perhaps it was goldfinger who made the discovery.
2

tokyokawasakiJan. 17, 2012 - 10:49AM JST

Must remember never to get a gold tooth in Japan, might leave a bitter after taste.
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FightingVikingJan. 17, 2012 - 11:00AM JST

...and I thought we only used "suppositoires" in France !
4

JapanGalJan. 17, 2012 - 11:05AM JST

I only thought there were kintama, but this puts a whole new perspective to the use of gold. Kinji? Kayui
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viking68Jan. 17, 2012 - 11:06AM JST

ribstickJAN. 17, 2012 - 10:00AM JST

They got the idea from Pulp Fiction (Bruce Willis and his dad's watch).

Funny, funny, funny.

Yea, I think I would have just made something common like a pc battery (suggested above) or golf club head.

These guys were really, Taking one (up the butt) for the team.
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y3chomeJan. 17, 2012 - 11:15AM JST

can just imagine in the line, officer using the stick scanner...... everytime passing the bottocks it goes off..... hilarious. Poor customs dude...... double checks triple checks with the metal scanning wand........ uhhh.... gonna hafta go in and get it
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Patrick SmashJan. 17, 2012 - 11:26AM JST

Elvansilvan, stranger things have happened.
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anglootakuJan. 17, 2012 - 11:44AM JST

Uranus? :P
1

Jamie Curci CarterJan. 17, 2012 - 12:10PM JST

How much are the taxes?
0

The Munya TimesJan. 17, 2012 - 12:23PM JST

I think there is a lot of smuggling, most of them are successful and only the stupid are nabbed.

I think there are three kind of crimes:

a./ committed by the stupid that is discovered and the perpetrator is nabbed easily.

b./ committed by the smart and the well prepared ones who arenever get nabbed.

c./ committed by professionals in which case no one even discover that a crime was committed.
0

WeaselJan. 17, 2012 - 12:49PM JST

They say the suspects recently admitted to the smuggling after initial denials.

Best not let that type of news spread to the other inmates while taking a communal shower when incarcerated.
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Darren BrannanJan. 17, 2012 - 01:18PM JST

Goldfinger at customs.
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GurukunJan. 17, 2012 - 01:19PM JST

How much are the taxes?

Good question. I don't know the percentage, but I guess the taxes are high enough to stuff your ass full of gold bullets. Now that they got cought, I wonder if it was worth the pain and humiliation. Kinda gives the meaning of the word dumb"ass" a new meaning.
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gogogoJan. 17, 2012 - 01:28PM JST

Gold in Japan (retail) is about 1.5 times more than the rest of the world
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hatsoffJan. 17, 2012 - 01:53PM JST

They must all have been walking funny and easy to spot. A crappy idea if you ask me.
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Elbuda MexicanoJan. 17, 2012 - 01:56PM JST

Maybe these Koreans are just hentais?
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Patrick LaneJan. 17, 2012 - 02:11PM JST

New James Bond villian, Gold Rectum! Man this story is hilarious!
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HategoboJan. 17, 2012 - 02:18PM JST

This will turn out to be a Bum wrap
1

incognito12Jan. 17, 2012 - 02:20PM JST

Those guys will be the butt of jokes and ridicule for years to come.
1

doedelJan. 17, 2012 - 02:24PM JST

Whow, that's some heavy snit.
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PeaceWarriorJan. 17, 2012 - 02:31PM JST

This is a distortion of the meaning of gold bottom
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BurakuminDesJan. 17, 2012 - 02:48PM JST

They all swore that they "slipped in the shower" - that's how the bars got there...
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Matthew SimonJan. 17, 2012 - 02:57PM JST

Maybe somebody gave them the Midas touch
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NessieJan. 17, 2012 - 03:01PM JST

How could you leave this behind?
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JapanGalJan. 17, 2012 - 03:16PM JST

Gold jewelery does not set off the detectors. But, you can see through the body in one of those new machines. Golden Bunny Bullets would be easily seen.
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Dennis BauerJan. 17, 2012 - 04:06PM JST

sh*..Gold happens :p
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NeoJamalJan. 17, 2012 - 04:53PM JST

Taxation, my ass!
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FamilienproblemeJan. 17, 2012 - 04:58PM JST

They were taking a long time getting off their shoes and belts and putting their stuff onto trays for the security check. So one security guard exclaimed "Get the lead out of your ass!" And one of the men replied "Its pure gold actually", making the guards suspicious.

So anyway, I never eat the gold leaf flakes they sometimes put on food here in Japan. How about you? And if that realization makes you shocked, recall the story of all the gold they recovered from the sewers in Japan!
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zurcroniumJan. 17, 2012 - 05:35PM JST

I have heard of making bricks but not making bricks out of gold.

Did anyone find my car keys by the way, they have been missing.
1

sensei258Jan. 17, 2012 - 05:44PM JST

The whole idea stinks!
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Tom DeMickeJan. 17, 2012 - 05:56PM JST

What a pain in the ass!
0

okimike67Jan. 17, 2012 - 06:31PM JST

I gotta go in for the ole colonoscopy, hope they find some gold up there caus I sure could use the cash.
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miyazawa3Jan. 17, 2012 - 06:53PM JST

are they Japanese?
0

SpeakJaplishJan. 17, 2012 - 07:10PM JST

My sh** don't stink. It shines!!
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BurakuminDesJan. 17, 2012 - 08:40PM JST

What a crappy ending to their grand plan.
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oginomeJan. 17, 2012 - 09:08PM JST

Must have felt cold up there.
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oberstJan. 17, 2012 - 09:15PM JST

here's a free tip for the smuggler, next time use a solid gold baby carrier/carriage ( painted , of course ) with a live baby AND a gorgeous Korean lady. The customer will be all over the lady and just ignore the rest..................
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oberstJan. 17, 2012 - 09:16PM JST

typo............. customer should read custom agents
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Christina O'NeillJan. 17, 2012 - 09:42PM JST

8 bums trying to get rich
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serendipitousJan. 18, 2012 - 12:31AM JST

Rectum? Damn near killed 'em!
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catianoJan. 18, 2012 - 02:12AM JST

one of my old friends in college did a similar thing. he was cheating exams holding very small pieces of paper with notes written on them busily. he finally got caught on the spot by a professor, but he ate them all. he was saying "you can eat 7 pieces at a time. trust me. i did that." nowhere is more secure to keep a thing at than inside your body.
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Duke StraubeJan. 18, 2012 - 03:08AM JST

"Solid gold Anal Beads. When you care enough to give the very best."
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TrevorPeace1Jan. 18, 2012 - 03:43AM JST

nuf said!
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midoritoriJan. 18, 2012 - 04:23AM JST

Interesting turn on the Midas touch "turning gold into sh**"!
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cactusJackJan. 18, 2012 - 06:01AM JST

I guess they never heard of gold butt plugs.
3

Andrew MatthewsJan. 18, 2012 - 06:59AM JST

Oh great. Up to now I have only had to remove my belt and shoes when going through security...
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jonobugsJan. 18, 2012 - 11:36AM JST

yet another reason why being a custom's agent is a sh***y job.
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viking68Jan. 18, 2012 - 01:45PM JST

Golddigger, the person whose job it is to liberate the gold.
1

Joselito AsiJan. 18, 2012 - 03:07PM JST

Just by the gold but don't smell it.
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Ben_JackinoffJan. 19, 2012 - 08:40AM JST

8 men arrested for smuggling gold from S Korea to Japan in rectums

Theirs or someone else's?
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Al StewartJan. 19, 2012 - 04:49PM JST

So i am assuming that these men are japanese since their nationalities were not mentioned.
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almxxJan. 19, 2012 - 05:39PM JST

Gold is the most valuable thing......that's why you can buy it with paper.
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nandakandamandaJan. 24, 2012 - 12:50AM JST

Their comment to the press as they were led away; "This recta holiday."
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PT24881Jan. 24, 2012 - 01:12AM JST

False teeth made of pure gold would have made the transits legal ?
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LFRAgainJan. 24, 2012 - 09:17AM JST

I wonder if this will result in any movements in the market?