“Customs officials in Shenzhen, China have arrested a woman with 102 iPhones stuffed into her clothing,” Brian Ashcraft reports for Kotaku. “Shenzhen borders Hong Kong, and, over the years, customs officials have arrested all sorts of smugglers.”
“According to XMNN, customs officials recently stopped a woman after noticing that the way her body bulge[s] appeared strange,” Ashcraft reports. “The officials searched her, discovering she was allegedly smuggling 102 iPhones of various models as well as 15 luxury wrist watches.”
Ashcraft reports, “The total weight of her haul was over 44 pounds.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: That’s a decent workout.
Bottom line: There’s only one smartphone worth smuggling.
SEE ALSO:
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iPhone 6/Plus smugglers flood China’s gray market forcing prices down – September 29, 2014
Russia airport customs detains passenger smuggling 30 iPhone 5 units – September 27, 2012
Apple iPhone frenzy in Russia fueled by smugglers, jeweler – April 3, 2008
NY Times: Apple’s iPhone swept up in a frenzy of global smuggling – February 18, 2008
Right on, MDN. I don’t think we’ll ever see a story about even a couple of droid phones being smuggled. It’s the kind if you gave me the so-called best one made, I’d trade it today for an iPhone.
Being a telecom carrier can be a risky business.
Let me guess, her rectangle shaped boobs gave her away!
Yes indeed, the embezzlement was foiled by the bezels.
Figures:
Customs officials in Shenzhen, China…
Worth more than their weight in gold.
Sad boys & girls. No one wants Samchung phone. Strange. Hahahaha
Want to guess how many actually get through successfully. This one probably got greedy.
i wish they would show her face in the pictures