A man has stunned people with his style of smuggling after he was found out to have stuffed diamonds inside his shoes.
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A young man has been caught trying to smuggle over 1,000 diamonds into Shenzhen City from neighbouring Hong Kong by hiding them in his shoes.
NAN reports that Customs officials in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, found 212.9 carats of diamonds in the alleged smuggler’s insoles when he passed through Luohu port, which links Hong Kong with inland cities, on March 13.
“The man was suspicious as he sometimes tiptoed. When he found that we were looking at him, he quickly shifted to normal walking posture,’’ a customs officer surnamed Wang said.
Customs officers asked the young man to take off his shoes when they removed his insoles; they found several bags of sparkling diamonds.
However, the man is being investigated.
According to customs at Luohu port, diamonds have been found in the socks and snack food packages of other smugglers.