President Rodrigo Duterte watched as the second-hand vehicles, some valued as high as $115,000, were reduced to piles of scrap in a little over three minutes. "Give it to the buyer of steel," Duterte said, recalling his instruction to officials. ReutersThe Bureau of Customs seized $2.93 million worth of smuggled vehicles last year, part of the $866 million in seized goods, government data showed. ReutersA further 10 were simultaneously destroyed in ports in the southern cities of Davao and Cebu. The government last year destroyed more than $2.5 million worth of cigarettes bearing fake tax stamps.

Source: bd News24 February 06, 2018 14:03 UTC