Overview
- Customs officers at Lima’s Jorge Chávez airport flagged a woman for extra screening Tuesday night after an X-ray of her bags showed irregular shapes.
- Inspectors then found 109 high-end phones plus five laptops, two tablets, five camera lenses and smartwatches worth more than S/400,000.
- Prosecutors in Callao ordered the seizure of the devices and the detention of the passenger as the case moves to a specialized unit for customs crimes.
- Sunat says it has already seized more than 300 phones worth over S/870,000 at this airport in 2026 after more than 1,150 phones valued above S/2.8 million in 2025.
- The agency urges travelers to check its “Bienvenido al Perú” app or website for duty-free limits and declaration rules to avoid losing goods or facing charges.