WTF?! It appears many individuals are prepared to danger fines and even jail to keep away from paying Chinese import taxes on tech items. After the nation’s authorities seized a cargo of hundreds of XFX GPUs, a person was caught by customs in a separate incident smuggling 160 CPUs and 16 folding smartphones by attaching them to his physique.
As reported by MyDrivers (through VideoCardz), a person named Zeng entered China on March 9 via customs’ Nothing To Declare channel on the journey inspection web site of Gongbei Port. Officials observed he was strolling with an uncommon posture and stopped him for inspection.
It turned out that the person had taped 160 CPUs and 16 folding telephones to the inside facet of his calf, his waist, and his stomach, which might give anybody an uncommon gait.
Courtesy of the China Customs Office
The processors in query had been primarily from Intel’s Eleventh-gen Rocket Lake and 12-gen Alder Lake sequence; one of many photographs from the China Customs Office reveals a Core i5-12600KF. Those alone would attain a worth of tens of hundreds of {dollars}, however he was additionally concealing 16 folding telephones. No phrase their makes and fashions, however these within the photograph appear to be Samsung Z Flip 3 units, costing $900 every.
This isn’t the primary time smugglers have hooked up CPUs to their our bodies to keep away from paying taxes. On June 16, 2021, Hong Kong customs officers discovered a driver and a passenger appearing suspiciously. It transpired that that they had hooked up 256 Intel Core i7-10700 and Core i9-10900K processors, value 800,000 yuan or $123,000, to their calves and torsos utilizing cling movie (under).
The information comes quickly after stories of Chinese authorities seizing a cargo of XFX GPUs value round $3.15 million at a port on the border between Hong Kong and Shenzhen that had been purposely mislabeled.
While attaching digital objects to 1’s physique appears a great way to draw consideration, it’s doubtlessly simpler and extra comfy than placing 160 CPUs and 16 telephones within the physique’s extra conventional smuggling cavity.
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