On Friday the Chinese customs authorities have seized 5,840 XFX-branded video cards. The GPUs were transiting into Huanggang (Shenzen) port from Hong Kong when customs inspectors noticed that some video cards had incorrectly labeled boxes – the real labels were covered by other labels.
The investigations have led to ascertain that the load of XFX video cards was worth $ 3 million more than what was claimed. The news was spread directly by the Chinese customs authority on his account Weibo and, for the moment, it appears to be a (failed) attempt by XFX to pay less duties. The XFX China site is currently closed, as is the online store.
In the meantime, still at a Chinese customs authorities have stopped a man with 160 processors – Intel Core 11th and 12th generation – hidden on his body. “After further inspection, the customs officers have seized a total of 160 CPUs and 16 cell phones tied with adhesive tape on the inside of the calf, waist and abdomen, “it reads su Weibo. The customs officers were suspicious of the man’s walk and abnormal posture.
Not the first time that a person has been arrested in China for smuggling of CPUs: last July in Hong Kong an individual with more than 250 processors “stuck” to the calves and other parts of the body was arrested.