Customs scanner detected four tons of undeclared items at the El Alto airport

National Customs scanners detected electronic devices, clothing accessories, vehicle parts, watchesvideo game controllers, sound decoders, cameras and undeclared speakers at the El Alto airport.

The objects, which were intended to be entered into Bolivian territory without the payment of taxes, were valued at more than 2.9 million bolivianosaccording to the El Alto Airport Customs Administrator, Silvia Macias.

This air terminal has three scanners for merchandise control, two of them intended for baggage inspection during baggage entry accompanied with international passengers. The third scanner is used in the exclusive review of international cargo.

“This equipment allows us to control 100 percent of the merchandise at the airport, This is how we identify if they are electrical appliances, metals, weapons or other accessories”, explained the administrator, when indicating that each passenger must fill out Form 250 (Affidavit of Accompanied Baggage and Entry and Exit of Foreign Currency) to legalize their belongings, otherwise they are observed and classified as “undeclared”.

Of all this observed merchandise, a ton falls under abandoned electronic equipment and the remaining three are miscellaneous items that did not have supporting documentation for legal entry into the national territory.

Within this framework, two cases registered in January of this administration stand out: the first was through the arrival of Courier merchandise. In an office where declared a RAC and upon entering the scanner the existence of cell phones was detected within it. And in a later load the cell phone boxes.

The second case refers to the receipt of two charges by Courier, which according to documents indicated carrying cell phone accessories; however, they were clothing items and laptops. “The Courier makes a collection of all merchandise that arrives from abroad, for example, Items entering China or Spain claim to be samplesbut when verifying there are more than 100 units of a product inside,” said the official.