China Customs Thwart Attempt To Smuggle Thousands of CPUs, Memory, SSDs Hidden Under Car
In another smuggling story, individuals were caught red-handed by China Customs as they tried to run away with thousands of CPUs, SSDs & memory kits.
The official Customs Release PR states that a driver carrying thousands of PC components was caught when he tried to pass through the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge. The Gongbei Port where the main immigration and customs checkpoint is located was where all the action took place.
[Seizure of 1,747 CPUs, memory sticks, solid-state drives and other computer accessories] At 7:00 on July 28, the customs officers of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge affiliated to Gongbei Customs used vehicle inspection equipment to scan and inspect a Guangdong-Macao cross-border bus.
Later, it was found that the machine inspection image was abnormal, and there was a suspicion of concealing and smuggling the modified car body. After further inspection of the car body, the on-site customs officers seized a large number of CPUs, memory sticks and solid-state hard drives packaged in plastic and white paper in the hidden tray installed on the chassis of the car. After counting, there were a total of 837 CPUs and 900 memory sticks. , 10 solid state drives. At present, the case has been transferred to the customs anti-smuggling department for further disposal.
China Customs Release
It is reported that the driver was stopped by Customs for vehicle inspection as the scanning machine detected abnormalities under the car's hood. Upon physical inspection, it was clear that the bottom of the card was altered and a separate compartment was made to carry all of the smuggled PC components. The whole compartment was pulled out to reveal a total of 837 CPUs, 900 memory kits, and 10 SSDs. All of the confiscated material
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