$1.2 million in gold bars
India is the world’s largest consumer of gold, so gold smuggles attempts are often as frequent flyer upgrades. Yet leaving your 1.2 Million dollars worth of gold bars in the airplane after succeeding in passing security is a waste.
A maintenance crew found 24 gold bars stashed in two bags left in a compartment bathroom on a Boeing 737 that had just traveled from Mumbai to Bangkok. No arrests were made, but an investigation had been launched.