News | WorldCleaners discover gold stash hidden in aeroplane loo Stash: Cleaners found 24 gold bars in the aeroplane toiletAFP/Getty ImagesRachel Blundy20 November 2013Cleaners have stumbled across £700,000 worth of gold bars hidden in an aeroplane toilet.Workers discovered the stash on a Jet Airways plane when it landed in Calcutta, India from the Thai capital Bangkok.A customs spokesman said 24 bars, weighing about one kilogram each, had been found. Officials are now investigating. The Indian government recently increased import duty on gold, prompting a rise in smuggling.The country is the world's largest importer of the precious metal, taking in 393.68 tonnes between April and September this year alone.MORE ABOUTAir TransportBars And PubsIndiaSmuggling