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BOC seizes smuggled fuel in Bataan worth P10 million

Published Feb 1, 2024 04:39 am

At A Glance

  • Over 3,100 liters of unmarked fuels with an amount of P10.5 million were seized in Bataan after it failed to pass the fuel marking test.<br>Government enforcement authorities also found 2,587 liters of diesel fuel, 3,134 liters of unleaded gasoline, and 5,342 liters of premium gasoline, which was found to be legal.<br>This operation is part of the Customs' goal to collect nearly P1 trillion in revenues this year.

The Bureau of Customs seized over 3,100 liters of unmarked fuels with a total worth of P10.5 million in Bataan after it failed to pass the fuel marking test.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International Container Port (CIIS-MICP), along with agents from the National Bureau of Investigations, led an investigation into a gasoline station in Barangay Mabatang in Abucay that resulted in the discovery of the unmarked fuels.

Verne Enciso, BOC intelligence director in Manila port, said that the fuels were brought to the SGS Mobile Laboratory in Subic to confirm their legality.

“Our agents also entered the compound where they found 3,100 liters of the unmarked fuels stored in four IBC [intermediate bulk container] tanks,” Enciso said in a statement.

“These were later on confirmed by the failed fuel mark test conducted by SGS Mobile Laboratory - Limay and the ESS Fuel Marking Team,” he further said.

Apart from the unmarked fuels, the authorities also found 2,587 liters of diesel fuel, 3,134 liters of unleaded gasoline, and 5,342 liters of premium gasoline.

Enciso, however, noted that these fuels passed the fuel marking test conducted by SGS Mobile Laboratory in Subic and ESS Fuel Marking Team, but its owner was required to present proof of payment of duties and taxes for the imported fuels.

The subjected fuels were temporarily placed with yellowlane, padlocks, and seals.

“This is all made possible by our hardworking team, who toiled day and night to make sure we force these people to face the law. They used multiple enforcement tools to conduct their inspections and this has led to the success of this operation,” said Juvymax Uy, deputy commissioner for Customs Intelligence Group.

For BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio, such an operation will not only protect the country’s borders but “also keep dangerous products out of our communities and deny these organizations from the revenue they would otherwise get.”

The Customs is set to collect nearly P1 trillion in collection this year, with the Bureau of Internal Revenue expected to collect the most revenues at P3.05 trillion.

It collected a total of P883.624 billion in the full year 2023, surpassing the P874.166 billion target.

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