THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) under Commissioner Ariel F. Nepomuceno announced the successful negotiated sale of two high-priced ‘Bugatti Chiron’ vehicles last March 27 that added ₱205.026 million in revenue for the government.
The Bugattis were seized by the BOC in February 2024 after confirming they were smuggled into the country.
The BOC said the blue 2017 model sold for ₱101.508 million while the red 2019 model sold for ₱103.508 million.
The agency is yet to release the identity of the buyers.
The negotiated sale is part of the bureau’s ‘non-traditional’ approach to revenue generation, mainly thru the legal disposal of confiscated vehicles.
Last March 10, the BOC turned over the amount of ₱102.4 million to the National Treasury.
The amount was raised thru a series of auctions of luxury vehicles the BOC seized last year from couple Curlee and Sarah Discaya, the private contractor involved in the multi-trillion pesos flood control project scam (Pinoy Exposé, March 10, 2026).