Man straps half-a-million dollar around legs

Paramilitary policemen take off US dollars strapped around a man's legs, at the border of Hong Kong and Shenzhen, Guangdong province. (Reuters)

According to local media, the man was found trying to smuggle in total of US$580,000 from mainland to Hong Kong. The man told police that he was carrying money to buy a house. Foreigners entering China are allowed to carry only $10,000.

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