News Suspicious Cyclist Caught Smuggling 6,000 MicroSD Cards Into China

[Admin]

A cyclist was caught trying to bring 6,000 microSD cards in from zero VAT Hong Kong to mainland China. He acted suspiciously and sought to avoid the gaze of customs officers.

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[usertests]

I'm guessing the average microSD capacity sold right now is 128 GB, which would make it 768 TB or 0.768 petabytes.

If it was 1 TB each, it's 6 petabytes, and 1.5 TB and 2 TB microSD cards could be available in the near future, for up to 9-12 PB stuffed into a bike frame.

If the average cycling speed is 20 km/h...

 

[peachpuff]

Doesn't China manufacture these? Why are these people smuggling them in?

 

[PEnns]

"..rolled his bike through the 'nothing to declare' channel in transit from Hong Kong to Guangdong Province but gave away his illegal intent with his behavior. According to machine translations of the foreign language reports, the man "often looked away and acted suspiciously "

ATTENTION all smugglers: Declare something and don't behave like that idiot

 

[PEnns]

Doesn't China manufacture these? Why are these people smuggling them in?

I was wondering the same thing. Maybe that dude is severely clueless on many levels.

 

[Elusive Ruse]

We all know what's happening but last time I was warned to keep quiet so I'm not gonna push my luck.

 

[USAFRet]

Doesn't China manufacture these? Why are these people smuggling them in?

Taxes and customs fees.
"Hong Kong residents benefit from zero sales tax on goods, but the rate on the mainland can be up to 13%. "

 

[Misgar]

I'm not surprised the smuggler pushed the bike through customs. Judging by the misshapen wheels, with bent spokes on the rear wheel, it would be difficult to get on the bike and ride away.

Or maybe the X-ray photo distorted the true shape of the wheels? If accurate, I'd scrap this bike and buy something with round instead of bent wheels. I'd be suspicious of anyone dragging a junk bike through customs.

On a separate note, I wonder if modern X-ray machines can "see through" bicycle frames made from thick steel tubing. Perhaps this particular frame was made from plastic which would be virtually transparent to X-rays.

 

[passivecool]

I suspect he was trying to smuggle in the internet.

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.