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Gold bars worth $1.1m found in plane toilet in India
As gold import duties have risen in an effort to curb domestic demand, the incentive to smuggle gold has risen
A stash of 24 gold bars worth more than $1.1m has been discovered in the toilet compartment of a commercial plane in eastern India.
Cleaners found the haul in two bags on board a Jet Airways flight at Kolkata airport, officials said.
India is one of the world's main gold consumers and imports are seen as a major contributor to the country's account deficit.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25013393