Agents of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International Container Port (CIIS-MICP) inspect one of the Malabon warehouses that yielded illegal imported e-cigarettes or vapes from China. A combined worth of P3.72 billion smuggled electric cigarettes or vapes were discovered...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth P398 million were seized by the Philippine Navy and other concerned agencies from a cargo vessel manned by Indonesians in the sea of Tawi-Tawi on February 1. Philippine Navy personnel were initially alerted by the National Coast Watch Center about...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard District Eastern Visayas Sub-Station Allen intercepted at least 700 reams of undocumented cigarettes at the Santa Clara Port in Jubasan, Allen, Northern Samar on Tuesday, February 20. SEVEN-HUNDRED reams of undocumented cigarettes were seized by the...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is stepping up its efforts to track down the blue Bugatti Chiron hypersports car, reiterating that there is a cash reward for informants who can help in finding the smuggled vehicle. Photo: CIIS-MICP “It’s going to be a small world from now on,” declared Customs...
ILIGAN CITY – The Bureau of Customs-Port of Cagayan de Oro intercepted two smuggled luxury vehicles misdeclared as used truck replacement parts at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, on December 15. ONE of the two smuggled Porsches in Misamis Oriental. (BOC-Port of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Customs destroyed smuggled cigarettes worth P323 million in warehouse here on Thursday, November 30. ZAMBOANGA City Mayor John Dalipe and Bureau of Customs Port of Zamboanga District Collector Arthur Sevilla during the destruction of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth more than P8 million were seized in this city on Monday, November 6. The Zamboanga 2nd Mobile Force Company and the Bureau of Customs were conducting seaborne patrol in the sea in Barangay Maasin when they spotted a motorized boat or “jungkong”...
Over P24.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized in the city of Zamboanga, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported Friday, Oct. 27. During a joint operation, members of the BOC Port of Zamboanga and other units intercepted a motorized wooden boat bearing the marks “MB UTOH MAT MAT”...
Over P2.4 million worth of smuggled fuel was seized in the Port of Limay in Bataan, the Bureau of Customs reported Friday, Oct. 13. In an early morning operation on Oct. 5, authorities led by Acting District Collector Guillermo Pedro A. Francia flagged down a truck loaded with 40,000 liters of fuel...
The distribution of the smuggled rice seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to the qualified beneficiaries underwent the proper process, President Marcos assured on Tuesday, Sept. 26. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hands over a sack of rice to one of the 1,000 beneficiaries of the Pantawid...
The government will continue to distribute confiscated smuggled rice to poor families in the country under President Marcos' orders. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWS) Assistant Secretary Romel Lopez said the agency will...
Malacañan said that the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Saturday, Sept. 23, has so far seized P31.5 billion worth of smuggled goods, the highest in the agency’s history. (From left) BOC Commissioner Bien Rubio and CIIS Director Verne Enciso (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) A...
