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. The Bureau of Customs seized $2.93 million worth of smuggled vehicles last year, part of the $866 million in seized goods, government data showed. A 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: The Star February 06, 2018 11:26 UTC