Government tax levies are adding hundreds of dollars to the price of an iPhone 16 Pro Max in India, with the result that customs officials are seeing more cases of smuggling.
The iPhone 16 Pro Max is very expensive in India due to tax levies.
The iPhone 16 Pro Max is very expensive in India due to tax levies.
Officials at Delhi airport have reported that they seized a total of 38 iPhone 16 Pro Max units in two separate incidents on the same day.
First, a group of four passengers arriving from Dubai attempted to hide 12 iPhone 16 Pro Max units by wrapping them in tissue paper. Later that day, another passenger arriving from Hong Kong to the same airport attempted to smuggle 26 iPhone 16 Pro Max models in her vanity bag.