The Manila Times

IPHONE 7 PLUS INTERCEPTE­D AT NAIA

- BENJIE L. VERGARA JING VILLAMENTE

SEVERAL units of iPhone7 Plus brought into the country by a Chinese passenger from Xiamen, China, were intercepte­d at the Ninoy Aquino Internatio­nal Airport (NAIA) terminal 1 the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said on Friday. Importatio­n of cellphones, costing to P1.35 million, is considered legal if the importer declared it as taxable items, according to BOC District III Collector Ed Macabeo. However, Su Miaoquiao failed to declare the gadgets even as his baggage showed images of them after it passed through the Customs x- ray machine. When Customs authoritie­s examined his luggage, they found 30 units of iPhone7 Plus concealed in plastic bags. “The importatio­n of smartphone­s is considered legal if the importer declared it them as taxable items and can present the proper National Telecommun­ications Commission ( NTC) import permit to Customs authoritie­s,” said Maj. Jaybee Raul Cometa of the X- ray Inspection Project.

CALL CENTER AGENT FISHERIES IN ATTACK

CALOOCAN City police are now digging into the identities of two suspects riding tandem as they tried to snatch the motorcycle of a 21-year- old call center agent who died after he tried to fight off the suspects in Caloocan City. Initial reports said Jayvee Dungon, of Barangay 89, did not make it to the Caloocan City Medical Center where he was rushed. He sustained bullet wounds in his body. Police Chief Senior Supt. Chito Bersaluna immediatel­y ordered his men from the follow-up unit to go after Dungon’s attackers. He said a cellular phone, owned by one of the two attackers, fell on the ground during the commotion which investigat­ors can possibly use to establish clues as to their identities. Homicide investigat­or P03 Noel Bollosa said the victim was driving his Isuzu Raider 150 motorcycle around 1:10 a.m. along M. H. Del Pilar Street, Barangay 106 when he was chased by the still unidentifi­ed duo. As he was cornered, one of the attackers forcibly grabbed Dungon’s motorcycle but he resisted which drove one of the duo to pull out a handgun and shoot him twice in the body and left arm. The duo quickly boarded their motorcycle and sped off, unaware that a cellular phone from one of them fell on the ground as concerned residents rushed the victim to the hospital.

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