New Delhi: Just three days before its official launch in India, Apple’s latest iPhone 6s is turning up at the strangest of places. On Monday night, 22 iPhone 6s were found inside a toilet at the arrival area of Delhi airport’s Terminal 3.
The craze of showing off the latest iPhone is so high in Delhi that there are people who are willing to pay a premium to own one of these and smugglers are cashing in on the demand. On October 5, customs officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport had detained seven youths who were carrying 182 iPhone 6s.
On Monday, the 22 iPhone 6s were found lying inside one of the terminal’s toilets by personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). The CISF handed over the phones to the Customs department and investigations are on, said Vinayak Azaad, Additional Commissioner, Customs.
Mr. Azaad said that the Customs department has been keeping a close watch on travellers frequenting places such as Hong Kong and Singapore, from which such gadgets are usually smuggled in.
14/10/15 Sidhartha Roy/The Hindu
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The craze of showing off the latest iPhone is so high in Delhi that there are people who are willing to pay a premium to own one of these and smugglers are cashing in on the demand. On October 5, customs officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport had detained seven youths who were carrying 182 iPhone 6s.
On Monday, the 22 iPhone 6s were found lying inside one of the terminal’s toilets by personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). The CISF handed over the phones to the Customs department and investigations are on, said Vinayak Azaad, Additional Commissioner, Customs.
Mr. Azaad said that the Customs department has been keeping a close watch on travellers frequenting places such as Hong Kong and Singapore, from which such gadgets are usually smuggled in.
14/10/15 Sidhartha Roy/The Hindu
