A batch of recent iPhone 17s was tried to be smuggled into Ukraine instantly after gross sales started

Immediately after the beginning of gross sales, an try to smuggle new iPhone 17s from Apple was stopped on the Ukrainian border; a complete of 29 such devices had been discovered, the State Border Guard Service reported on Saturday, writes UNN.

Tonight, border guards of the Chop detachment, along with customs officers, prevented an try to illegally transfer a batch of “Apple 17 Pro Max” cellphones throughout the state border. It needs to be famous that gross sales of the brand new merchandise formally began yesterday.

As said, they had been present in two autos that concurrently entered Ukraine by way of the Uzhhorod checkpoint through the “green corridor” lane, which doesn’t require items declaration.

“During border control of a Mercedes minivan and a Subaru passenger car with Ukrainian registration, law enforcement officers found 29 Apple gadgets in their trunks. The drivers and passengers, residents of Zakarpattia, assured that they were bringing them for personal use,” the border guards stated.

The found objects, as said, had been seized by customs officers. Their worth will probably be decided moreover with the involvement of a related skilled.

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