The Bureau of Customs, through the Manila International Container Port-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (MICP-CIIS) and Enforcement and Security Service (MICP-ESS), together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) inspected a warehouse in Valenzuela City for suspected smuggled...
Anti-narcotics operatives arrested a Taiwanese national and his alleged Filipino cohort on Monday, May 16 after they yieldsed P 3 million worth of ketamine in a controlled delivery operation in Makati City. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the suspects as Taiwanese Cheng...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Clark turned over a total of P4,850,440 worth of shabu, high grade marijuana (kush) and other illegal substances to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 3 Office in San Fernando, Pampanga. In a statement, the PDEA Region 3 Office said it received...
In pursuit of transparency and border security, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) revealed Friday, April 22, that it lodged 30 criminal and administrative charges against erring importers and customs brokers who profusely violated customs laws, rules and regulations. Bureau of Customs The BOC, through...
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda thinks that the Department of Justice (DOJ) should push the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to be more aggressive in prosecuting cases of large-scale agricultural smuggling. Rep. Joey Salceda (Photo from Joey...
Re-electionist Senator Richard J, Gordon on Thursday, April 7 strongly condemned the shooting of lawyer Joseph Zapata of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Pasay city last Monday. ‘’When is this vicious cycle of violence going to ever end? Riding-in-tandem criminals...
The Pasay City police said the ambush try on a Bureau of Customs (BOC) lawyer is related to his work as assistant chief of internal inquiry division. Col. Cesar Paday-os, Pasay City police chief, during an ocular inspection conducted at the crime scene, said there are six cases being handled by the...
A Bureau of Customs (BOC) lawyer was seriously injured when he was shot by two unidentified gunmen riding in tandem in Pasay City Monday night (April 4). Col. Cesar Paday-os, Pasay City police chief, identified the victim as Atty. Joseph Samuel Zapata, 30, a resident of Barangay San Isidro,...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday, March 30 called on authorities to act on the allegations of a smuggling scheme involving vegetables from China in keeping with the Duterte administration’s campaign to combat corruption and boost transparency along the country’s borders. A member...
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda sought to disprove allegations that the lower chamber has yet to lift a finger on the problem of agricultural smuggling in the country. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “The House...
Senators on Monday said it is imperative for the government to go after the so-called “untouchables” who are behind the large-scale food smuggling in the country, affecting the livelihood of locals farmers and fishermen in the Philippines. “Merong (There are) untouchables. May mga (There are...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Monday, March 28 said the Office of the President should put its foot down on the issue of smuggling at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Department of Agriculture (DA). Sotto, a vice presidential candidate, issued this statement after conducting a Senate...
