Chinese publication HKEPC reported that Chinese authorities caught a smuggler trying to sneak almost $32,000 worth of SSD through customs.

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“Officer, I am telling you those are my ABS! I’ve just been hitting the gym a lot. Hey, don’t lift up my shirt.”

How the hell did this guy think he was gonna bypass the scanner?

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Sometimes I wonder if these people are paid to do stupid shit like this knowing it’ll cause a distraction while the real smuggling operation is going through

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It’s the cost of doing business. You know you will be caught and you know how much they love to make big deals out of it, so… Adapt and overcome

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Sometimes I wonder if these people are paid to do stupid shit like this knowing it’ll cause a distraction while the real smuggling operation is going through

This makes the most sense to me. I was having trouble understanding the motive / risk-assessment, but this seems plausible. Thanks.

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Abdominal Backup System (ABS)

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Yep, you just made my comment way better XD

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You could say, he was caught flashing.

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Actually he didn’t get arrested because of the SSDs, what got him in trouble was 420 TB of Winnie the pooh pictures.

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Of which 96.7% are rule 34 artistic renderings.

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Nothing beats the bandwidth of a ~~VW bus full of mag tape~~ man with SSDs taped to his stomach.

Edit: You guys don’t have strike through markdown yet?

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You would have thought he would have been fast enough to outrun the cops.

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Should have smuggled some ram as well.

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