As noted by M.I.C Gadgets, Hong Kong and Chinese customs have caught smugglers who were smuggling iPhones and iPad from Hong Kong to China by placing devices in black tote bags and hooking them to a pulley that reached across the border.

The devices were transported over a small river that separates the Chinese border town of Shenzhen from the rural northern part of Hong Kong using an elaborate pulley system. The cable was shot across the border using a crossbow and the Apple products, which store in black nylon bags were flying across at night and it only takes 2 minutes to transfer.

Officers found a 300-metre line rigged across the Sha Tau Kok River, which taking advantage of the geographical environment. The line was connected to the 21st floor of two residential blocks in Shenzhen, a black nylon bag containing smuggled goods was tied to the line and pulled across the border.

Investigations showed that smugglers operated in the early hours of each morning in an attempt to avoid detection. They have finally been caught after a major customs surveillance operation. 6 smugglers were arrested in the operation, 50’s iPad 2 and 50’s iPhone 4, which worth about three hundred thousand yuan, which is about US$46,583 were seized.