The customs service of the port of Gongbei (China) blocked the illegal import of 780 Intel computer processors into the country, worth one million yuan (about 13 million rubles at the exchange rate of August 21, 2023). In this respect informs version Wccftech.
Several smugglers tried to smuggle chips in a passenger bus engine. The criminals’ trick almost worked, as metal detectors did not reveal anomalies – customs officers confused with X-ray images of the transport. A container containing Intel products was found during a manual search. Processor model not specified.
It was not disclosed with what punishment he threatened the smugglers.
Wccftech writes that there is a large gray market for computer electronics in China, and the same Intel processors can be purchased for well below store price. To avoid paying any taxes, smugglers develop various schemes to transport components. For example, in December 2022, at the same port of Gongbei, customs officers detained a woman returning to China with a silicone core filled with hundreds of Intel Alder Lake processors.
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