ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Some P14-million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized in Barangay Culianan, Zamboanga City on Sunday, May 1. The smuggled cigarettes in 400 boxes were on board a ten wheeler truck which the military and police Intelligence operatives intercepted along the Maria Clara Lobregat...
China remains the largest source of smuggled goods entering the country, with counterfeit products comprising the most number of items illegally entered, the Bureau of Customs disclosed Monday, Nov. 21. Smuggled products n a briefing for the House Committee on Public Accounts chaired by Probinsyano...
Several allegedly smuggled luxury cars worth P500 million were discovered in two showrooms in Quezon City and Pampanga in separate operations conducted by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Thursday, Oct. 21. Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN According to BOC, they received a report that the luxury cars...
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...
Imported carrots and other agricultural goods amounting to P4.75 million deemed smuggled were uncovered in several market stalls in Tondo, Manila, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) bared late Thursday, Sept. 30. UNCOVERED! -- Imported carrots were among the vegetables amounting to P4.75 million that were...
Despite the rising smuggling activities in the country involving agricultural commodities, Agriculture Secretary William Dar admitted that the construction of what will be the Philippines' first ever first-border quarantine facility for farm products is facing further delays. DA Secretary William...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) urged the public o refrain from buying smuggled carrots while the investigation on its proliferation in the local markets is under way. (Photo via Pixabay) "The best thing we can do, meanwhile, is not to buy kasi hindi natin alam yung laman ng mga (because we...
Cheap imported carrots and other vegetables believed to be coming from China have started to cause problems among local farmers. This prompted Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) to urge the House of Representatives to probe the worsening smuggling of temperate or salad vegetables in the...
Hundreds of master cases of seized cigarettes worth P30 million have been destroyed in Cagayan de Oro City, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said on Thursday, Sept. 9. SHREDDED -- Close to 1,000 master cases of smuggled cigarettes amounting to P30 million were destroyed through shredding in Cagayan de...
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) seized some P26 million worth of smuggled and counterfeit cigarettes in a series of raids in Central Luzon that also resulted in the arrest of 11 store owners and sellers. Photo: CIDG CIDG director Maj. Gen. Albert Ignatius Ferro...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has confiscated P625,000 worth of allegedly smuggled cigarettes loaded in a watercraft while four of its crew members were apprehended in an operation in Lamitan City, Basilan, it said on Friday, Aug. 6. The PCG Station Basih-Balan disclosed that it received an...
Various German medicines believed to have been smuggled into the country were discovered at a storage facility in Pasay City, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) revealed on Wednesday, August 4. UNAUTHORIZED MEDS--Various German medicines believed to have been brought to the Philippines without the...
