China Arrests Housewives Smuggling iPads, Phones

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. One woman had 65 mobile phones strapped around her waist and over 20 more in a handbag, according to the newspaper.