{"id":503,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/the-chinese-iron-woman-vs-customs-the-customs-win\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T16:56:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T08:56:29","slug":"the-chinese-iron-woman-vs-customs-the-customs-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-chinese-iron-woman-vs-customs-the-customs-win\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chinese Iron Woman VS Customs! The Customs Win!"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A woman has been caught trying to cross the border between Hong Kong and mainland China with 102 iPhones taped to her body.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A woman has been caught trying to cross the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs?type=marketing\">border between Hong<\/a> Kong and mainland China with 102 iPhones taped to her body.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fu8eVyKdQxdxYdVD3_PxJF5LVKJP?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"2.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"476\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-chinese-iron-woman-vs-customs-the-customs-win\/#The_woman_was_detained_at_the_border_between_Hong_Kong_and_mainland_China_Photo_hkoncc\" title=\"The woman was detained at the border between Hong Kong and mainland China\u00a0 Photo: hkon.cc\">The woman was detained at the border between Hong Kong and mainland China\u00a0 Photo: hkon.cc<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-chinese-iron-woman-vs-customs-the-customs-win\/#She_was_found_with_iPhones_taped_to_her_along_with_15_Tissot_watches\" title=\"She was found with iPhones taped to her along with 15 Tissot watches\">She was found with iPhones taped to her along with 15 Tissot watches<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_woman_was_detained_at_the_border_between_Hong_Kong_and_mainland_China_Photo_hkoncc\"><\/span>The woman was detained at the border between Hong Kong and mainland China\u00a0 Photo: hkon.cc<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Police first became suspicious after noticing that her top was bulky.<\/p>\n<p>Over 100 iPhones were found along with 15 Tissot watches during the discovery last month.<\/p>\n<p>Customs officers at Lo Wu on the border between Hong Kong and <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/shenzhen\/\" title=\"View all posts in Shenzhen\" >Shenzhen<\/a> in mainland China thought the woman looked suspicious when she arrived at 8pm.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said that her top was &#8216;unusually bulky&#8217; and she was walking strangely, reports Oriental Daily.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FieAqJWVXfyjePmU1ENooWgsjebq?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"476\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"She_was_found_with_iPhones_taped_to_her_along_with_15_Tissot_watches\"><\/span>She was found with iPhones taped to her along with 15 Tissot watches<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Images show the moment police found the phones and watches stuck to the woman. They appear to be several different iPhone models.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She was asked to walk through a scanner which immediately showed that she was concealing goods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officers found that she had 102 iPhones taped to her body and 15 Tissot watches taped around her chest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to mainland law, if a person is found to me repeatedly smuggling across the border in the space of a year, they will be sentenced to three years imprisonment or criminal detention and will have to pay the tax they tried to evade.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"GIC.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"488.9643463497453\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman has been caught trying to cross the border between Hong Kong and mainland China with 102 iPhones taped to her body. 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