BEIJING: A man has been caught with thousands of memory cards attached to his body after he tried to smuggle them into mainland China from Hong Kong.
Customs officers stopped the unidentified man at the security check and discovered over 9,000 mobile phone cards tape to his body here the other day, reports the People’s Daily Online.
The cards – which were strapped to him with tape – are said to be worth 100,000 Yuan (£10,000).
The unidentified man was trying to get into Shenzhen city in Guangdong Province, south China.
According to the report, customs officials said the man tried to bribe the guards on duty with 50,000 Yuan (£5,000) when he was caught so that they would let him through.
Earlier the same day, an elderly woman, who was said to be in her 80s, was stopped at the same border crossing, also trying to smuggle memory cards into mainland China.
Officers noticed the unnamed woman walking a bit strangely past them, so they stopped her and found over 10,000 cards tied to her waist and legs.
