This fellow made a serious mistake when he decided to bring his gold coins and store them in a vault in Panama. Talk about making a really wrong turn. One man's loss is another country's gain! Hat tip to Gary.
Machine translated from El Siglo
The Federal Police arrested at the International Airport of Mexico City to the U.S. Martin Thomas Arnold, 58 years old, who was scheduled to travel to Panama with 150 gold coins in his possession, with a total weight of five kilos 33 grams.
The Federal Police arrested at the International Airport of Mexico City to the U.S. Martin Thomas Arnold, 58 years old, who was scheduled to travel to Panama with 150 gold coins in his possession, with a total weight of five kilos 33 grams, he presented no documents to protecthis property. (El Universal)
By requesting the documents to protect the merchandise, Arnold Martin was a simple photocopy of proof of purchase letterhead, which only specified the purchase of 51 gold coins, worth $ 171 thousand each, reported the Ministry of Security Public (SSP) federal.
The detainee also were secured three thousand 680 U.S. dollars in bills of various denominations.
The federal agency reported that police conducted random checks of passengers of Flight 381, a commercial airliner bound for Panama and Thomas Arnold Martin noted that "showed obvious nervousness."
As he passed his hand luggage scanning equipment were observed several plastic containers with gold coins.
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