China busts smugglers of iPhone 6 in Shanghai

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

BEIJING (AP) — China in recent days has busted a slew of smugglers bringing Apple iPhone 6 models into the country ahead of their official release here, with officials on Sunday reporting the latest seizure of 453 smartphones in Shanghai.

Hundreds more were seized during three separate busts Thursday through Saturday in Hong Kong, including from men with a speedboat who were loading contraband onto a wooden sampan-style boat in a mangrove, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

The latest seizure was from the luggage of two passengers arriving at the Shanghai airport from Tokyo, one of them Chinese and one of them Japanese, a woman at the Shanghai customs agency said, confirming state media reports. She said hundreds more have been confiscated individually from passengers who did not declare them.

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[tazkcmo]

1. Wonder...

I wonder if these phones are cheap copies or stolen originals. If originals, how are they getting them?

[VScott]

2. Paying people to wait in line

Looks like a significant number of middle aged/elderly Asians in line.

[tazkcmo]

4. Aaahhh...

Thank you. Was wondering if there was an inside contact or what. Now I know. Again, thank you.

[VScott]

3. Looks like the large scale smugglers didn't offer enough bribe money

to the relevant government officials.

[groundloop]

5. Meanwhile, it's business as usual for makers of cheap Chinese knockoff iPhones....