Man caught smuggling 9,000 memory cards into China

A man was 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 on February 26, 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. Smuggling goods from Hong Kong into mainland China is not an uncommon sight for the border guards in Shenzhen. Electronic goods from Hong Kong are cheaper than they are across the border, and many people are busted with them taped to their bodies.