Vietnamese flight attendant caught in gold smuggling

A female Vietnamese flight attendant working for a South Korean airline has been detained on charges of gold smuggling, the Incheon office of Korea Customs Service said Sunday.

The customs office requested an arrest warrant for the 26-year-old attendant, identified only by the initial of her family name 'L', who was caught smuggling six 1-kg gold bars worth about 280 million won ($245,000) into Incheon International Airport from Vietnam on Friday morning.

Her smuggling attempt was detected by an unscheduled X-ray screening, the office said. (Yonhap)