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Italian smuggler undone by bulging underpants

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An Italian man was stopped by police on a Swiss train after a bulge in his trousers turned out to be €40,000 in banknotes stuffed into his underwear.

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The 47-year-old from Vicenza, northeast Italy, was stopped on Tuesday by customs officials at Switzerland’s Chiasso train station in the canton of Ticino, Vicenza Today reported.

He told officials he was carrying just €5,000 on the Milan-bound train, but aroused suspicion with his shifty behaviour, the news website said.

The financial police were called and discovered two bundles of banknotes, totaling €40,000, stashed in his underpants.

They also uncovered €5,000 in one wallet and €7,770 tucked away in a briefcase.

The would-be smuggler now risks being fined 50 percent of the total, Vicenza Today said.

The man’s haul of banknotes is small change, however, when compared to an earlier smuggling attempt.

An Italian man crossing the border into Switzerland — on what appeared to be “an ordinary Easter day out with the family" last year  —  was found to have concealed €4.5 million in gold ingots in his car.

The fortune was swiftly confiscated and the man was charged with money laundering.

SEE ALSO: ITALIAN POLICE NAB TICINO GOLD SMUGGLERS AT BORDER

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