MANILA: More than 43,000 units of mobile phones and tablets were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Manila International Container Port.
BOC said the gadgets were shipped in a 1 x 40 container van from Hong Kong and were declared as casing thermos and gift boxes.
However, upon BOC’s examination, the shipment contained the following:
22,500 pieces of mobile phones;
1,000 pieces of tablet phones;
13,800 pieces of touchscreen phones;
6,000 pieces of smartphones;
4,000 pieces of remote controls for gaming purposes;
290 boxes of batteries, charger and headset;
a box of mobile phone casings; and
582 bottles of red wine.
The items were consigned to Uranus Enterprises and have a total estimated value of P60 million.
The consignee will face charges for misdeclaration of the shipment.
Meanwhile, a separate shipment suspected of containing ready-to-wear (RTW) clothes from Kompong Som in Cambodia was also apprehended by the Customs police.
BOC said the shipment of RTWs will be subjected to an examination to obtain more information of its actual content.
