oleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 9 months agoSmugglers melted and spray painted $10 million in gold to look like machine partswww.popsci.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1419arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: bitcoin
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minus-squarexpinchx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66arrow-down1·9 months agoYeah somebody snitched. Airport security isn’t going to disassemble an air compressor and start hitting things with a hammer.
minus-squareNOPper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 months agoYou haven’t seen how they’ve inspected my guitar and a shitload of imported things over the years lol
minus-squareAxiochus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·9 months agoEh, your fault for having a guitar made of gold
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoHong Kong, it’s outgoing cargo. I have no idea.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 months agoIt probably looked odd on the x-ray scan so they looked closer, it was probably more the tied on parts than the bad paint that drew initial attention
Yeah somebody snitched. Airport security isn’t going to disassemble an air compressor and start hitting things with a hammer.
You haven’t seen how they’ve inspected my guitar and a shitload of imported things over the years lol
Eh, your fault for having a guitar made of gold
Hong Kong, it’s outgoing cargo. I have no idea.
It probably looked odd on the x-ray scan so they looked closer, it was probably more the tied on parts than the bad paint that drew initial attention