Smugglers are exposed to 360,000 SEK worth of SSD drives around the corner

In the past year, there have been several reports of individuals in China who were caught trying to smuggle large quantities of devices. The styles are varied, from faulty branded graphics cards to an electric scooter crammed with SSDs and 256 processors to a more expensive model attached to the body with a plastic cover.

Report now HKEPC About a similar case in China, where a person traveling from Macau Province to Zhuhai in Guangdong Province got stuck at customs. According to the customs officer who caught him in the act, the man, who was wearing a loose-fitting coat, developed a strange bulge around his waist and stomach while he was walking, which raised suspicions.

The suspicion was well established – around his waist, the man carried no less than 450m2 of form-factor SSDs worth 258,000 Hong Kong dollars (HKD), which corresponds at today’s exchange rate to about SEK 360,000. Unfortunately, neither the brand nor the specs are available, but the qualified guess is that these are SSD units with a capacity of 1-2TB each.

The fact that smugglers are targeting processors and SSDs in particular is no coincidence, but is easily explained by the fact that they are physically small products with great value. For example, it would be impressive in itself to try to wrap a similarly-valued 450 motherboard around your stomach, even if it’s a Mini ITX form factor, and even more impressive to outrun a vigilant customs officer with that motherboard belt. It’s probably only a matter of time before a smuggler is caught with a core memory wrapped around his belly. You don’t have to be stupid.

When and if there is a high-octane TV series of dubious quality like Border Security: The Australian Front Line will be released in a Chinese style with an emphasis on hardware.