A Sri Lankan man has been arrested for 'smuggling gold bars in his rectum'

Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a man for allegedly smuggling gold bars (not pictured) in his rectum.

Officers apprehended the 42-year-old man after noticing that he was “walking suspiciously”, a customs spokesman told the BBC.

Spokesman Leslie Gamini told the BBC that 400g of gold, worth around £9,351, had been found inside the suspect’s rectal cavity at Bandaranaike International Airport.

Sri Lanka's The Nation newspaper reports that he gold had been in the form of "four slabs" .... http://i100.independent.co.uk