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...
A total of 276 carnivorous plants have been seized from 10 packages coming from the Netherlands, the Bureau of Customs-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) said. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) The confiscation was carried out by joint BOC-NAIA and Department of Environment and Natural Resources...
Around P2 billion worth of counterfeit items, mostly signature brands imitation, that were seized in various operations in Parañaque City last month were destroyed by the Bureau of Customs on Saturday, July 5. DESTROYED!-- Through shredding and crushing, a P2-billion haul of fake items were...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has surpassed its revenue collection goal for June 2021 by over P5 billion after posting an actual collection of P52.447 billion, the agency said Thursday, July 1. Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero (Photo courtesy of the BOC) The bureau recorded...
Three importers are facing charges of smuggling for allegedly bringing in misdeclared goods such as cigarettes and onions in the country. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through its Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS), filed criminal cases against the erring...
An "unclaimed and overstaying parcel" at Philpost Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC) turned out to contain 44 wildlife species, mostly arachnids. (Photo from BOC) Recovered by the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) operatives from the parcel on Wednesday,...
Onions and ice cream are two ideas that should never mix--unless you're an enterprising smuggler. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) bared Wednesday, June 30 that P10 million worth of red onions were found hidden inside ice cream containers from two shipments originating from China. The shipments arrived...
