Police foil smuggling of used cars

Police foil smuggling of used cars

BATAM, Riau: The Batam Police foiled an attempt to smuggle dozens of luxury used cars from Singapore into the city of Batam, Riau, through a private port belonging to PT DSFU in Tanjung Uncang.

Batam Police said on Friday that importers and smugglers of the used cars, now being held by the Barelang municipal police, had not yet been found.

Batam Mayor Nyat Kadir imposed a ban on the entry of used cars from other countries into Batam in April 2002 in a bid to control the city's traffic problems, but delinquent importers seem to have ignored the ruling.

Earlier, the Batam customs authorities seized around 150 used sedans of different makes originating from Singapore. --Antara