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7 Young iPhone Smugglers Held at IGIA with 182 Devices

[New Delhi]7 Young iPhone Smugglers Held at IGIA with 182 iPhones This Model Is To Be Launched India on October 16
Eager to cash in on the craze for iphones, seven youths were detained at the Indira Gandhi International Airport with as many as 182 iPhone 6S + 6S Plus ahead of their India launch due this month.
These phones were seized recently from young people in their late 20s who had come from Hong Kong and Singapore on separate flights,
Acting on intelligence inputs, customs officials intercepted them and seized the iPhones.
as per Vinayak Azaad, Additional Commissioner, Customs,”All of them were carrying iPhone 6S and 6S Plus in their baggage.
Some of the youths were offered money to smuggle in the devices,
The US-based tech giant Apple will unveil its latest iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus in India on October 16.
The company has not disclosed the price of its new products for the Indian market.
Apple had sold over 13 million units of these phones on the first three days of the launch on September 25.
The new iPhone models were available for sale on September 25 across the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and Singapore.
Incidentally, the seizure has been effected from the sector, that comprises Hong Kong and Singapore, infamous for gold smuggling.