OTTAWA, Ontario -- A former Royal Canadian Mint employee who stole 22 cookie-sized pieces of refined gold by hiding them in his rectum has been sentenced to 30 months in prison.

The alleged gold heist was an inside job — in more ways than one. The theft of about $140,000 worth of gold ($180,000 in Canadian dollars) came from within the Royal Canadian Mint, investigators ...

CANADA -- An employee at the Royal Canadian Mint is accused of smuggling $180K worth of gold in his rectum. Lester Lawrence is accused of transporting several cookie-sized gold pieces called ...

An employee at the Royal Canadian Mint was accused of smuggling $180,000 worth of gold in his rectum. Authorities said Lester Lawrence transported several cookie-sized gold pieces called "pucks ...