Watch: Official Picks Up Man's Slipper To Help Him, Finds Rs 12 Lakh Hidden Gold

Smugglers are getting innovative and are finding new and unique ways to smuggle things into the country. In a bizarre incident, a passenger was caught at Chennai airport for hiding gold worth Rs 12 lakh in his slippers. You read that right!

On Monday, 21-year-old Mohammed Hasan Ali hailing from Ramanathapuram, arrived from Dubai and was heading to the exit when his slippers came off. Wanting to help him, a Customs official at Chennai airport, picked up the latter's slipper that had come off, only to find it was unusually heavy and had gold hidden inside.