President Rodrigo Duterte witnessed the condemnation of smuggled imported luxury cars at the Bureau of Customs (BoC) in Manila on Tuesday.
Road rollers crushed 20 high-end vehicles worth at least P61.6 million, which included brands and models like Lexus, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Audi, Jaguar, and Corvette Stingray.
The condemnation of 10 other luxury vehicles was also done simultaneously in the ports of Cebu and Davao.
Previously, Duterte said that the destruction of luxury cars was meant to send a message to wealthy car enthusiasts who do not pay right import duties.
It is a strange choice to destroy such things of value instead of auctioning them and bringing revenue to the state. A poor country should not be so wasteful.
Maybe a poor country should look for sources of beauty other than shiny materialistic bobbles imported by "elite" criminal a$$holes who think they're above the law.
