Saturday, October 6, 2012

Vanishing coins are turned into razors and ornaments


Indian intelligence officials have cracked the mystery behind eastern India's acute coin shortage: the money is being melted down and smuggled to Bangladesh where they are turned into razor blades and ornaments. "At least twice, we seized sacks of Indian coins from people near the Bangladesh border in recent years. Those who were carrying them confessed that the coins were going to the other side of the border. They also said that the metals from these coins were being used to make shaving blades and shining steel ornaments in Bangladesh,"........


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