Smuggler 94 iPhones was caught in border of China and Hong Kong when immigration officials noticed his unexplainable slow movement. The man from Hong Kong was carrying little baggage but it seemed the smuggler 94 iPhones was carrying heavy loads.
This is where the custom officers intercepted him for questioning on Sunday. And they were right! The smuggler 94 iPhones was caught at the Futian Port and was found to be carrying almost hundreds of mobiles phones attached to his chest, crotch and legs.
The man was said to be walking with weird posture, muscle tension and joint stiffness Daily Mail reported. Officers had found models of iPhone 5s and iPhone 6s strapped to his body. These iPhones are very expensive in mainland China. The iPhones are reported to be costing around $50,000.
The officials may have let the smuggler 94 iPhones pass after checking his two plastic bags, but not when they asked him to go through the metal detector, the alarm in the metal detector went off. The iPhones were discovered attached to his body through duct tape.
The smuggler 94 iPhones was also found to have previous records with custom CNN reported. iPhones are originally made in China before transported to other countries, but it is hard to buy these mobile phones as it cost tremendously high where they are made.
According to reports, buying iPhones in China appears to be very costly. iPhone 6 16 GB is £577, that is 18 percent of the regular wage in China making it very hard for everyone to purchase it. Smugglers like the smuggler 94 iPhones are really getting profitable business.
The case of the smuggler 94 iPhones is not new, in the recent months, there were 18 people seized for smuggling iPhones to China.
