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The E-Sylum: Volume 16, Number 44, October 27, 2013, Article 30

CLEANERS DISCOVER 280 GOLD BARS IN AIRPLANE TOILET

Dick Hanscom forwarded this article from the Daily Mail about an unusual place to strike gold. -Editor

280 gold bars recovered at Shahjalal airport Cleaners have discovered 280 gold bars worth £1.17million inside a plane's toilet at an airport in Bangladesh.

Armed police were called on board the plane which had flown from Dubai to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka where they recovered the gold weighing about 32kg.

Cleaners stumbled across the bullion when they were cleaning the plane's bathroom.

Custom officials said they knew the bars were on board and believe the person carrying them sensed there was a police presence and abandoned the gold in the toilet of the aircraft before fleeing the scene.

To read the complete article, see: Panning for gold: Cleaners discover 280 ingots worth £1.17million inside plane's toilet (www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2471825/Gold-planes-toilet-worth-1-17m.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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