MICP X-ray detects another Motorcycle

           In another show of their expertise in conducting X-ray inspection of containerized cargo that is truly imbued in their works and profession, the MICP X-ray Field Office has recently detected another unit of undeclared motorcycle hidden inside several balikbayan boxes as a result of its intensified anti-smuggling campaign in compliance with the directive of XIP Head Atty. Ma. Lourdes V. Mangaoang. This is the second time that an apprehension was made involving motorcycle after all informal shipments were required to undergo 100 percent X-ray scanning.

           

            According to XIP Head Atty. Ma. Lourdes V. Mangaoang, the smuggled used motorcycle of Honda Super Sports 250cc, with Chassis No. MC-15-1015406, was part and parcel of a forty-footer shipment with Container Van. No. EISU 9136106, declared as personal effects and household goods, consigned to DXL International, which arrived at the MICP on June 25, 2011, from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After the filing of import entry by the customs broker, the said shipment was subjected to X-ray inspection on July 8 by X-ray Inspector Vincent Anthony G. Guzman. However, during X-ray image analysis of the said shipment it showed that there was undeclared item that looks like motorcycle which was maliciously hidden on the farthest portion of the container van that eventually led to the conduct of physical examination to ascertain the findings of X-ray image, and it was discovered during the spot-checking conducted by the assigned customs examiners of the Informal Entry Division that the suspected item was indeed a fully-assembled motorcycle. As a result, Warrant of Seizure and Detention was issued against the shipment by the MICP District Collector of Customs.

            Atty. Mangaoang added that the latest apprehension of motorcycle inside a consolidation shipment showed once again the effectiveness and efficiency in the conduct of X-ray inspection of containerized cargo using the state-of-the-art X-ray machine, as it was already proven in the XIP past apprehensions.

            The XIP Head likewise commended the officers and men of the MICP Field Office headed by Field Officer Renato D. Palgan for a job well done.

The prized catch of one unit of high-end motorcycle during the intensified anti-smuggling campaign waged by the officers and men of the MICP Field Office.