Rody to destroy seized luxury cars
BOC personnel seized McLaren, Lamborghini and Ferrari sports cars smuggled into the country in 2017.?The President said he would no longer allow the auction of smuggled luxury cars as was the practices in the past. Instead he wants all of them destroyed. Presidential Photo
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — President Duterte is set to destroy next week several luxury vehicles seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) last year.
BOC personnel seized McLaren, Lamborghini and Ferrari sports cars smuggled into the country in 2017.?The President said he would no longer allow the auction of smuggled luxury cars as was the practices in the past. Instead he wants all of them destroyed.
“Ngayong Tuesday manuod kayo sa pera ninyo. I-bulldozer ko na karong Tuesday (This Tuesday you watch your money. I will bulldoze them on Tuesday),” the President said during the Indigenous People’s Summit held at the Armed Forces Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) headquarters at Camp Panacan here last night.
Duterte lamented how these importers of luxury vehicles usually use fake consignees and then allow the vehicles to be confiscated by the BOC before these are auctioned off.
“Consignee fake news, fake name, fake address, Your style is you wait for one year and six months and then these are put on auction wherein you are also the ones who buy them. In that way, if these are auctioned then the importation of these luxury vehicles already becomes legal,” the President said.
Duterte said the importers of these luxury cars should pay the proper taxes.
He likewise stressed that he has coordinated with BOC Commissioner Isidro Lapena on what to do with seized luxury vehicles.
The President said he doesn’t mind what people would say as he will have to proceed with destroying the luxury vehicles.
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