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In the latest installment of hardware smuggling busts by Chinese customs, authorities have arrested a hardware trafficker that tried to sneak 420 M.2 SSDs into China. Customs estimated the seized SSDs are worth around $32,984.94 (240,000 yuan). The drives are considered among the best SSDs in the market.Local news outlets reported that the smuggler tried to slip the illicit goods from Macau to Zhuhai through the Gongbei Port. Given the proximity between Macau and Zhuhai, the passage is one of the most popular trafficking routes for mules. It wasn't long ago that a woman hid more than 200 Alder Lake chips inside her fake silicone belly, or another man tried to stroll into the mainland with 160 Intel processors taped to his body.Normally, traffickers try to smuggle high-value goods, such as processors or graphics cards. A recent attempt to conceal 70 graphics cards among 617 pounds of live lobster comes to mind. On the contrary, this SSD smuggler opted to sneak in lower-value hardware instead. It isn't the first time M.2 SSDs were transported to the mainland. In a similar bust this year, another man was also detained after he was caught hiding 84 SSDs inside his scooter. M.2 SSDs still contain metallic parts, so it's close to impossible to get past metal detectors without raising the alarm with the metal detectors.Instead of hiding the SSDs inside a package, the perpetrator opted to tape the drives around his body for a bigger haul.
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