BEIJING: A total of 144 undeclared iPhones were intercepted at the Beijing International Airport when a foreign passenger tried to take them into the country, media reported.
This is the biggest case of undeclared iPhones found by Beijing Customs through inspection of passengers’ baggage.
The foreigner will have to pay duty taxes for the iPhones before retrieving them.
Beijing Customs officials said inbound passengers have to declare what they bought in other countries upon their arrival to China in order to prevent possible penalties.
In March, a man from Hong Kong was caught smuggling 146 iPhones by Customs at Luohu checkpoint in Shenzhen.
He had strapped 126 iPhones to his waist and 20 more to his shanks in an attempt to smuggle them from Hong Kong to Shenzhen.
