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Cell phone smuggler seized at port

By Quan Li (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2011-01-06 14:16

A man carrying 95 mobiles phones and five tablet computers was stopped at a border checkpoint in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, the China Radio Network reported on Wednesday.

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According to police, 100 individual pieces of goods were seized worth more than 150,000 yuan ($22,649). The smuggler brought the products on commission from Hong Kong for a reward of several hundred yuan.

Police are now investigating the case.