After previously thwarting the smuggling of thousands of XFX GPUs, now Chinese customs have again thwarted the smuggling of other PC components.
Reported by Techspot, Wednesday (16/3/2022), a man named Zeng entered China via Gongbei Port. When passing through the Customs section, Zeng chose the 'Nothing to Declare' route, which should only be passed if one does not bring items that need to be reported at Customs.
However, officers later stopped Ms. Zeng because of her unusual gait, and then examined her. It turned out that Zeng was carrying 160 processors and 16 folding screen phones that were affixed to various parts of his body, such as his calves, waist, and stomach. It was clear that his posture and gait became strange and attracted the attention of the officers.
The processors that he smuggled in were various, but all of them were made by Intel. Namely Intel's 11th Generation Rocket Lake and 12th Generation Alder Lake. From the image exhibited by China Customs, it looks like a Core i5-12600KF processor.
In addition to the processor, Zeng also carries 16 folding screen phones which are also attached to his body. It was not stated in detail the model of the cellphone in question, but from the images on display it appears that the cellphone is the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3.
This is not the first time a PC component smuggling case has been exposed. In June 2021, Hong Kong customs officials arrested a driver and passenger from a suspicious car.
It turns out that their bodies are also affixed to 256 units of Intel processors. The processors include the Intel Core i7-10700 and Core i9-10900K, whose total value reaches USD 123 thousand.
Then the previous closest example was the smuggling of shipments of GPUs made by XFX whose value was said to reach USD 3.15 million. The GPU was confiscated on the border of Hong Kong and Shenzhen.