📚 Smugglers caught strapping CPUs to themselves with cling film in Hong Kong

As CPU shortages continue, smugglers attempted to move hundreds of processors by strapping them to their bodies. What you need to know Smugglers got caught trying to move CPUs at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in June. The smugglers had CPUs strapped to their bodies with cling film. Other smuggling attempts have recently been thwarted, though they didn't involve attaching tech to a person's body. It's hard to get your hands on the best CPUs these days, but apparently, for some it isn't difficult to get processors onto their bodies. A group of smugglers recently got caught by the Customs Department of Hong Kong with high-end CPUs strapped to their persons. Another smuggling attempt, which is believed to be connected, saw dozens of Intel processors jammed between the front seats of a vehicle. In the first incident, two drivers got stopped by the Customs Department of Hong Kong at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge on June 16, 2021. HKEPC reports that the drivers had 256 chips a... ...