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Story summary
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested six people for attempting to smuggle 49 kg of gold hidden in love dolls.
- The ¥1.075 billion gold was declared as “mannequins” to evade consumption tax.
- The dolls flew from Shenzhen to Narita, arrived Jan 6, and were delivered to an Arakawa Ward apartment.
- Police say the suspects, a Chinese executive and a Japanese office worker, planned to melt the gold for resale, which will be confiscated.
