I'm not quite sure as to why either? The processors are widely available and not exactly contraband, but a man decided to smuggle 256 Core i7-10700/i9-10900K processors through customs, he strapped them to his body reports HKEPC.

A few days ago, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Customs announced that it had seized two cross-border smuggling cases on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in June, and seized a large number of CPUs. The two smuggling cases seized 256 and 52 CPUs respectively. The hid 256 Intel CPUs on their body with a total value of more than 800,000 yuan / roughly 110,000 EUR/USD.

The first smuggler was seized on June 16. When the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge customs officers inspected a cross-border passenger truck from Guangdong and Macao, they found that the driver was acting abnormally and looked nervous. After further inspection, Customs officers found multiple CPUs strapped to the upper ribs and legs.

In a video uploaded by the customs, it can be seen that the customs officer has removed a total of 256 CPUs from the arrested driver, and can see that the CPUs seized this time include multiple Intel Core i7-10700 and Core i9-10900K.

At another smuggling case on the evening of June 26 customs officers inspected a Guangdong-Macao passenger truck passing through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge when inspecting the entry and exit vehicles of a Guangdong-Macao-branded passenger truck. When passing through non-intrusive inspection equipment The system found that the image was abnormal, and the customs officer immediately conducted a key manual inspection of the car, and seized 52 brand-new Intel CPUs between the main driver's seat.

Dude smuggles 256 Core i7-10700/i9-10900K processors strapped on his body