A woman tried unsuccessfully to smuggle Apple devices into the country.

Thirty-two Apple Watches and thirty-six iPhones – that’s how many the Chinese woman caught trying to smuggle into China tried to hide, but a detailed investigation revealed the US company’s devices. According to ITHome, customs officials from Gongbei caught the woman trying to enter the country at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge border crossing. She had the sixty-eight devices taped to her stomach, and from the looks of the picture, it was probably experts who did the “wrapping,” as they wrapped the gadgets quite neatly.

That many gadgets take up space, but it seems she was able to pack them efficiently, but was caught by customs officials during the smuggling operation. The ITHome report did not say exactly which models of iPhones and Apple Watches were involved, nor the total value of the devices. Using the price of the iPhone 15 Pro ($1,000 in the US) and the Apple Watch Ultra 2 ($800) as an example, the 68 devices are worth a total of $6,532, which could have been multiplied if the “gray import” was successful.

The smuggling was most likely done to sell the Apple devices at a higher price in China to make a quick profit. This did not happen, of course, as customs officials confiscated the company’s products (what could have happened to them? Did the border guards take them as a reward?) Apple’s devices are not banned in China, but within the country, the Chinese Communist Party does not favor the U.S. tech company, but rather domestic products, giving an advantage to Huawei’s cell phones, for example. (Government officials are prohibited from using iPhones.)

We dare not even think about the extra weight the sixty-eight devices put on the smuggler’s back and waist.

Source: WCCFTech, ITHome