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2013-09-08 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

French consulate employee arrested smuggling goods into West Bank

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Posted by Pappy 2013-09-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 152 kg in gold bars, nearly $2 million in checks and 500 kg of tobacco

Gold Price Per Gram = 48.99 US Dollar ==> 7.5 million $.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-09-08 00:52|| 2013-09-08 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 How much for the Tobacco? You can't smoke gold.

Posted by Shipman 2013-09-08 10:13|| 2013-09-08 10:13|| Front Page Top

#3 That had to be a hefty set of springs on that car. At 2.2 lbs per Kilogram that is about 330 lbs of gold and 1100 lbs of tobacco. Not counting the checks. Just the volume of the tobacco should have had it pushing out the window of the vehicle.

Posted by tipover 2013-09-08 19:42|| 2013-09-08 19:42|| Front Page Top

#4 500 kg of tobacco is about 1100 pounds US. At a price of about $10/lb, that's about $11,000. Depending on the type of tobacco and the black market price, it could be anywhere up to three or four times that amount.

Posted by Old Patriot 2013-09-08 21:17|| 2013-09-08 21:17|| Front Page Top

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