Eight luxury cars unclaimed in Batam

Eight luxury cars unclaimed in Batam

BATAM, Riau: Eight luxury cars in four containers apparently smuggled from Singapore and now being held by the customs service on Batam Island remained unclaimed as of Thursday, the customs authorities announced.

Syaifullah Nasution, head of the Batam customs' manifest section, said on Thursday that the containers had earlier been seized for having documents that said they contained household furniture, whereas they actually contained automobiles.

Apart from the initials of HW, the person sending the cars from Singapore, their actual owners had not yet been identified, he explained.

The cars consisted of Jaguar, Mercedes Benz and Honda Accord sedans. --Antara