The Bureau of Customs - Port of Zamboanga (BOC-POZ) has seized P9.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes from a fishing boat traversing the waters of Manalipa, Zamboanga City, authorities reported Friday, June 24. (Photo courtesy of Bureau of Customs - Port of Zamboanga) The BOC-POZ, through its...
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...
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...
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...
The Bureau of Customs (BoC), through the Intelligence Group (IG) and the Manila International Container Port-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), discovered a misdeclared and undervalued Lamborghini Aventador in a physical examination in its port, it revealed Friday, March 25....
A package containing vape cartridges and gummy candies allegedly infused with marijuana was seized by the authorities when it was delivered to a female claimant at the Central Mail Exchange Center in Pasay City on Monday, Jan. 31. (Courtesy of BOC-NAIA) Operatives of the Bureau of Customs at the...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have agreed to share data on traded agricultural commodities as well as unfair trade practices and imports. The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) formalize their agreement to share data on traded...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) should file charges against four companies that are known to be “repeat offenders” of agricultural smuggling in the country. Senator Risa Hontiveros made the call as she pressed Customs officials to submit an investigative report on why repeat violators of smuggling...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) announced Wednesday, Oct. 20, that it has seized and eventually destroyed six machines that were used to manufacture fake cigarettes in a ceremony held in Porac, Pampanga. The Bureau of Customs Port of Aparri destroys six fake cigarette-making machines and other items in...
Farmers claimed they have been competing against smuggled agricultural produce from China and other countries for many years now, although the surge in smuggled vegetables was only highlighted recently. “Whether these smuggled carrots entered the country via technical smuggling at ports or open...
