Authorities discovered P70 million worth of alleged fake and smuggled face shields from China in a raid in Parañaque City on Thursday, May 20, as the government tightens its monitoring of counterfeit coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safety equipment that are flooding the market. Personnel of the...
Various seized goods such as counterfeit cigarettes and smuggled cars worth P763 million were destroyed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) via backhoe-thrashing. CRUSHED--Seized smuggled and counterfeit items amounting to P763 million were disposed off by the Bureau of Customs. (Photo courtesy of the...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has apprehended 20-footer containers with illicit cigarettes and truck loads of possible smuggled tobacco products, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said Wednesday, Feb. 24, that the Customs bureau took control of a ship...