The Jamaica Customs Department received a total of $94.8 million for 90 motor vehicles which were auctioned earlier this month.

Some 188 motor vehicles, that were not claimed for by importers, had been advertised to be auctioned.

However, of the 188 vehicles, 90 had to be withdrawn from the auction because the importers paid up their duties. The remaining eight motor vehicles received no bids.

The vehicles were auctioned over a two-day period at the Queen's Warehouse, 230 Spanish Town Road, St Andrew.

In an earlier interview with The Gleaner, Lorna Rhoden, collector of customs, said more than 1,000 undeclared vehicles at the wharves had contributed to the massive jump in the current batch of automobiles up for auction. In March, approximately 105 vehicles went up for auction.