Heads will roll at the Customs Investigation and Intelligence Service (CIIS) for the alleged involvement of some of its top officials in the pilferage of high-end electronic gadgets stored in the Port of Manila Warehouse 159.

BoC Commissioner Napoleon Morales made this vow as he ordered Customs Internal Inquiry and Prosecution Division to conduct a thorough investigation on the missing Plasma TV units, appliances and other electronic gadgets.

“Once (seized) goods have been taken by Customs personnel, it should be covered by receipts and properly documented. I know the fact myself because I was once an examiner,” Morales said at the sideline of the inspection of three shipments of assorted articles at the Manila International Container Port (MICP).

He said whatever the reason of the CIIS officials, he sees no acceptable reason for them to get these items in “bulk” from the warehouse as samples for the case.

“You only need one sample for each item but not so many,” Morales said as he was in quandary why the personalities tagged in the pilferage took several boxes of Nikon single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras, Sony Portable Playstation (PSP),JVC car stereo, including perfumes.

But in a separate interview, senior intelligence officer Eric Albano said they are not doing anything wrong since all the electronic gadgets and appliances alleged “missing” are in the possession of CIIS with official receipts.

“I deny the report that we stole them because they were all accounted for. We need samples because we will use them in filing of charges against those who made its illegal shipment possible,” Albano said in a phone interview.

His assistant Mitchell Verdeflor likewise cried foul over allegations hurled against them, saying that the items remain “untouched” in their office to prove their detractors wrong.