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Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Mark Tyson

Smuggler Nabbed with 306 CPUs Stuffed in Girdle

Caught smuggling 306 CPUs

Chinese customs have apprehended a man attempting the biggest on-the-person CPU smuggling feat we have seen reported. The perp was stopped at Qingmao Port as he sought to cross from Macau to mainland China with 306 CPUs fashioned into a girdle around his waist.

According to China's People's Daily, the smuggler gave himself away as he "was walking in an abnormal posture." We aren't surprised if the smuggler wasn't comfortable, as 306 CPUs weighing 50 g per unit would be over 15 kg (about 33 pounds). Moreover, we have to factor in paper and tape packaging materials, as shown in the images.

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