iPhone smuggler tries to get handsets into China - by strapping them to his body

This hapless smuggler was caught by security after he tried to take 94 iPhones into China by strapping them to his body.

Unsurprisingly, the hidden smartphones were picked up by a metal detector at Fution Port in China that connects Hong Kong with the rest of the country.

Although the iPhone has been on sale in China since October, the market for smuggled phones is still strong because of the significant price difference between Hong Kong and the mainland.

Phones are brought in from Hong Kong an sold on at a profit.

If, that is, you don't get caught with nearly 100 of them attached to your body.

According to Chinese news site Sina.com, officials at the port recognised the man's "weird walking posture, joint stiffness [and] muscle tension"

Hardly surprising, given he was wearing an suit of armour made from the likes of the iPhone 6, iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c.

Staff at the port had already checked his bags and found nothing amiss before he set off the metal detector.

The phones have been seized and are now being held by customs, according to the Chinese report.

However, the penalty for illegally exporting cargo from Hong Kong can run as high as $2 million and could land the smuggler with a hefty jail sentence.