1,400 cellphones confiscated<\/p>\n
PADANG, West Sumatra: As many as 1,400 cellular phones packed
\nin 14 boxes shipped anonymously from Singapore were confiscated
\nby Tabing Airport officials on Thursday for lacking proper
\ndocumentation.<\/p>\n
Untung Rahayu, head of PT Angkasa Pura II, a company which
\nmanages the airport, told The Jakarta Post his men learned that
\nthe documents were false after the goods were loaded onto a
\nMandala plane bound for Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"We had to have the goods unloaded from the plane. The
\ndocuments did not specify the content of the boxes. They just
\nsaid the boxes contained general goods. We decided to confiscate
\nthe goods as the documents also did not mention the sender.\"<\/p>\n
He said the goods were flown by a Silk Air plane from
\nSingapore on Wednesday and had been placed at the airport tax and
\nexcise storeroom for one night before being loaded onto the
\nMandala plane on Thursday.<\/p>\n
According to Untung, the goods were sent to a company based in
\nJakarta. He declined to go into detail.<\/p>\n
He also failed to reveal the brand of the cellular phones or
\nthe estimate total price of the goods as well as the loss
\ninflicted on the state by the smuggling attempt. (28\/sur)<\/p>",
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