(Another) Hongkonger strapped with scores of iPhones caught at border crossing

By Erik Crouch, March 12, 2015

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Remember 'codpiece brother,' the man who was caught with 94 iPhones taped to his body at a Shenzhen/Hong Kong border crossing in January? Well now he's been one-upped (make that 52-upped) by another foiled smuggler.

The man had a bold 146 phones taped all over his body - and, based on these photos, they weren't even iPhone 6's. Not that we judge anyone for delaying their Apple upgrades, but if you're going to smuggle this many, go big or go home, right?

He was caught with 20 phones taped to his calves and another 126 strapped along his back, waist and belly. And what a belly it is:

Perhaps the oddest part of the story is the assertion by People's Daily that this man has, in fact, been arrested four previous times for the same offense. Maybe he has a Get Out of Jail Free app?

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