Three prisoners have been found with 19 mobile phones inside their bodies after setting off a metal detector. The trio have been given X-rays after th
Three prisoners have been found with 19 mobile phones inside their bodies after setting off a metal detector. The trio have been given X-rays after they set off a metal detector during a check in a jail in Presidente Bernardes, in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo. According to Daily Mail, one had five small mobile phones in his rear, and another four.
The third had ten of the devices in his stomach, along with headphones. The two with the phones secreted in their behinds did not require treatment but the man with ten in his stomach had to undergo surgery to remove them. Police seized the devices and the inmates are now the subjects of an ongoing investigation.
The exact types of mobile phones discovered inside the men’s bodies was not reported but the smallest commercially available model is thought to be the J8CZ, branded as Long. The thumb-sized handset measures 68 x 23 x 11 millimetres (2.6 x 0.9 x 0.4 inches). Manufacturers describe it as being ideal for parties, the idea being that users can put their SIM card into the tiny phone and keep it with them in outfits that have only small pockets.
