Fourteen live beetles and larvae hidden inside a package of snacks items have been intercepted by Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) operatives. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) The smuggled insects--concealed in plastic tubes--reporteldy did not have the requisite...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has surpassed its revenue collection goal for July 2021 by over P4.4 billion after posting an actual collection of P58.183 billion, the agency said Monday, August 2. (Photo from BOC Port of NAIA Facebook page) The bureau collected an excess of P4.432 billion, which is...
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)-based law enforcement authorities have foiled an attempt to export over P5.1 million worth of "shabu" (methamphetamine hydrochloride) via DHL cargo to three locations abroad. (Photo from BOC) Agents from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of NAIA, together...
A P50-million shipment of smuggled cigarettes from China were recently destroyed in Bukidnon via heavy machinery, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Thursday, July 29. CRUSHED!--A total of 85,000 reams of smuggled cigarettes from China worth P50 million were destroyed at a facility in Bukidnon on...
Counterfeit luxury brand items, "ukay-ukay" (used clothing), and undocumented face masks worth P2.3 billion were recently uncovered from a warehouse in Mayzan, Valenzuela City, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said. FAKE!-- Various counterfeit bags and clothes bearing brands such as Nike, Louis Vuitton,...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) clarified that all commodities flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) for lack of import permits were released after the correct duties and taxes, including excises, were properly collected. (Photo from BOC Port of NAIA Facebook page) In a statement Monday, July 19,...
More than P33 million worth of local and foreign currencies were confiscated by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) from various currency smuggling attempts through the country's ports since last year. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) According to the Intelligence Group-Customs Intelligence and Investigation...
A motorized wooden boat locally known as "jungkong" loaded with a hundred master cases of cigarettes was intercepted off the waters of Manalipa Island in Zamboanga City, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Friday, July 16. OH NO YOU DON'T--A delivery of a P3.5-million shipment of smuggled cigarettes...
Seventy-nine criminal and administrative cases have been filed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) against erring importers and brokers over the last six months, the agency said Friday, July 16. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) A total of 167 individuals were the subject of the complaints filed by the...
Joint customs and anti-illegal drugs agents have arrested two claimants of a package containing P9.5 million worth of the party drug known as "Ecstasy" during a controlled delivery in Quezon City. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) Information coming from the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Ninoy Aquino...
A shipment of smuggled cigarettes worth P90 million was reduced to ashes after the Bureau of Customs (BOC) destroyed the contraband via burning in Cebu. DESTROYED--A P90-million shipment of fake cigarettes was disposed off through burning in Cebu last July 7, 2021. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) A...
Two importers are now facing criminal raps for allegedly bringing in smuggled cigarettes and used clothing or "ukay-ukay" in the country, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Thursday, July 8. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) Through the Bureau’s Action Team against Smugglers (BATAS), the BOC recently...
