Housewives In China Detained For Smugging 3G iPads

iPads are in demand in China and fourteen housewives recently were busted for trying to smuggle 88 iPads into the country.

The Wall Street Journal reports: “Customs officials in Shenzhen, a southern Chinese city just across the border from Hong Kong, recently caught 14 housewives trying to carry 88 iPads and 340 mobile phones into China, in a bust worth 950,000 yuan, or roughly $143,000, the Guangzhou Daily reported Wednesday.” The women reportedly earmed 200 yuan, or about $30, for each run across the border.

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