Police authorities arrested a “big-time” syndicate dealer supplying counterfeit and smuggled cigarettes in the CALABARZON areas Monday afternoon, Sept. 11, in Barangay Poblacion, Padre Garcia, Batangas and confiscated P800,000 worth of illicit items. Authorities seize counterfeit and...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police intercepted 790 reams of imported fake cigarettes worth P711,000 in Mauswagon, Placer, Surigao del Norte, on Thursday, May 18. Six individuals transporting the contraband onboard a 10-wheel wing van and a motor-tricycle were apprehended. SMUGGLED fake...
A total of P202.5 million worth of onions and other agri-fishery products from Hong Kong, China were seized in separate operations at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) in January 2023 alone. (Photos courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) In a recent report from the Department of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Some P7.6-million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized from a boat intercepted in the vicinity of Sta. Cruz Island in Zamboanga City at dawn Tuesday, Feb. 7. Zamboanga Second Mobile Force Company and Bureau of Customs personnel were conducting seaborne patrol when they...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The police operatives confiscated a total of P750,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes during an intel-driven police operation at Zone 3, Barangay Bulua in this city on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Authorities place a total of P750,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes inside a jeep after they...
A total of P19 million worth of allegedly smuggled sugar had been seized at the Manila International Container Port (MICP), the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Friday, Jan. 13. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) The agriculture department said the smuggled sugar came in...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered the phytosanitary inspection of seized smuggled onions before they are released to the market. Officials and personnel of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) inspect the alleged smuggled imported onions they seized on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 in Misamis...
As the fight against smuggling continues, a total of P78.9 million worth of illegally imported agricultural goods were seized by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and other government agencies during separate operations at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) from December 2022 to...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the government is trying to find ways to bring seized smuggled onions to the market in an attempt to resolve the supply problem in the country. Operatives of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cagayan de Oro seize two containers of smuggled onions -...
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) seized more than P260,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes following the arrest of two people allegedly selling them in Palawan. Nabbed were Jayrahz Tuibeo Velasco, 33; and, Diosdado Cruses Lagbas, 51. They were collared after CIDG...
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) confiscated almost P200,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes following the arrest of three people in an entrapment operation in Iligan City. Nabbed were Joharei Ambaco Mangutara, 22; Abdul Jalil Ambaco Mangutara, 29; and Mansawi Lumna...
ILIGAN CITY -- The Bureau of Customs (BOC) destroyed P395 million worth of smuggled cigarettes during the simultaneous public condemnation activity held at the Pavilion Gym, Provincial Government Complex, Barangay Dao, Pagadian City, and at a customs-rented warehouse in Barangay Baliwasan on...
