Roll up, roll up, get your contraband here

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SueEllen replied

3 November 2022, 08:35
Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post

Only if the bars were wrapped in frog fat.

Oh yeah I forgot about the delicacies.
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DoctorStrangelove replied

2 November 2022, 19:50
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

From watching Nothing To Declare I wonder if they were Chinese or linked to them.

Only if the bars were wrapped in frog fat.
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SueEllen replied

2 November 2022, 17:48
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

The 14 platinum bars weighing 1kg each and stamped “Crédit Suisse” were reportedly discovered by French customs officials in the baggage of two people travelling to the UK who claimed they were working for a Paris business. Each ingot is for sale at a starting price of €22,000.

From watching Nothing To Declare I wonder if they were Chinese or linked to them.
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ladymuck started a topic Roll up, roll up, get your contraband here

2 November 2022, 15:51
Roll up, roll up, get your contraband here

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...nch-government

France’s finance ministry is auctioning off customs contraband in an “extraordinary sale” featuring platinum bars seized en route to the UK, designer handbags, valuable historic coins, several collections of uncut diamonds and 2,016 bottles of vodka.

More than 1,200 potential buyers have signed up to take part in the auction, which will be held in the finance ministry at Bercy in Paris.

The 14 platinum bars weighing 1kg each and stamped “Crédit Suisse” were reportedly discovered by French customs officials in the baggage of two people travelling to the UK who claimed they were working for a Paris business. Each ingot is for sale at a starting price of €22,000.
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