- A man was caught trying to smuggle iPhones from Hong Kong into China after his ‘weird walking posture’ alerted port security to the 94 smartphones strapped to his body.
- The smuggler then set off the metal detector, which caused security to find his iPhone ‘suit of armour’.
- Photos of the smuggler have gone viral after users of China’s ‘Twitter-like’ Sina Weibo mocked his iPhone armour and dubbed him ‘Apple Man’. Some compared the smuggler to Iron Man!
- Although these iPhones have been on sale since October 2014, the price difference between China and Hong Kong keeps the smuggled phone business booming.
- It is estimated that the phones are worth approximately AUD$60,000.
- There are significant financial penalties for illegally exporting cargo from Hong Kong, as well as possible jail time.
Read more:
http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/01/13/12/22/metal-detector-foils-iphone-smuggling-attempt
http://nypost.com/2015/01/13/man-tries-to-sneak-into-china-with-95-iphones-strapped-to-his-body/
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