A pilot and a flight attendant of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines were apprehended Monday for smuggling totally six kilograms of gold when entering Gimhae International Airport in Pusan City in South Korea last month, local media reported on Tuesday.
According to Korean media, customs officers at the airport found the Vietnamese captain and flight attendant stashing four and two gold bars, weighing one kilogram each, in their shoes, respectively, without customs declaration when they went through the metal detector system after their flight from Hanoi arrived on March 10.