00:00More than 2,000 car batteries were confiscated from a warehouse in Quezon City.
00:07They did not go ahead to investigate, which is why it is very dangerous.
00:11John Consulta was able to talk.
00:17The warehouse in Quezon City was entered by the combined forces of the NBI, NCR and DTI.
00:23Leave it for now. Don't continue.
00:25You all stay there.
00:28On the second floor, thousands of lead-acid storage batteries were confiscated
00:33by 17 brands from other countries.
00:35And the batteries were empty.
00:38According to the NBI,
00:39a tip from an informant about the cheap batteries
00:42that were successfully sold by the group in stores and online,
00:45they were able to receive them.
00:47That is why they immediately worked on this.
00:49This also started with a buy-bust operation by the NBI and NCR
00:54and was followed by the visitorial powers of the DTI.
00:58These are the batteries that were confiscated by the NBI and DTI
01:01during their operation here in Quezon City.
01:04We can see here the different types of batteries that were obtained during the operation.
01:09There are batteries for trucks, SUVs, cars and motorcycles.
01:15According to the authorities, these batteries are very dangerous
01:18because aside from not having ICC,
01:21they do not have quality control.
01:23That is why you cannot estimate the quality and safety of these batteries
01:29once they are used by the public.
01:31This is a truck battery.
01:33So you just imagine,
01:35all the drivers, passengers and passengers on the road
01:39who use these uncertified and presumably unsafe batteries.
01:44These types of batteries are not safe to use.
01:47So it really poses danger.
01:50It is very dangerous and dangerous.
01:52We gave these batteries so that we can protect our car users
02:01so that they won't suddenly burn their cars due to lack of quality.
02:07Don't save money. Just buy batteries from authorized dealers.
02:14In the case of Incas Prosecutor earlier,
02:17one of them received a payment from Binondo
02:23and the other one gave batteries to our brochure buyer.
02:32They are our managers, as far as we know.
02:34We have a violation of Republic Act 7394, the Consumer Act
02:40and Republic Act 4109, the Philippine Standards Law.
02:45We are trying to get a permit for the two arrested people
02:48who were imprisoned in the retention facility of the NBI.
02:51For GMA Integrated News, John Consulta.
02:54For 24 Hours.
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