Customs seizes P100M worth of laptop computers

MANILA, Philippines – An estimated P100 million worth of laptop computers in two container vans were caught by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in the Port of Manila Friday morning, a Radyo Inquirer 990AM report said.

Customs Commissioner Rufino Biazon presented to the media 3,915 units of Asus laptops from China declared by consignee OSRA Marketing as computer parts.

However, Horacio Suansing Jr., deputy commissioner of enforcement group, said they obtained intelligence information that these were not really computer parts.

When they opened the container vans, they saw the laptop computers instead of the declared computer parts, he said. The consignee faces charges for violation of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, the report said.