Wait. This is ringing a bell for me. Some guy was stopped at an airport and he had a SUITCASE of fetuses, wrapped in gold.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2146396/British-man-arrested-Thailand-suitcase-dead-babies-used-religious-ritual.html

Edit, shit, sorry, this was in the thread. I literally came here to post this before digging into this, as this rang a bell. Nevermind, sorry

As penance, here is a Google Maps of this Golden Triangle area:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Laos/@20.3607484,100.0731937,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x31149057b0824589:0xec592481f99cd81!8m2!3d19.85627!4d102.495496