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...
Fourteen live beetles and larvae hidden inside a package of snacks items have been intercepted by Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) operatives. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) The smuggled insects--concealed in plastic tubes--reporteldy did not have the requisite...
Two shipments containing P10 million worth of allegedly smuggled red onions were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Manila, it said on Tuesday, July 20. SMUGGLED GOODS -- The Bureau of Customs (BOC) announces on July 20, 2021 the seizure of P10 mlion worth of allegedly smuggled red onions...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) bared Friday, July 9, that it has seized at least 70 boxes of alleged smuggled cigarettes loaded on a motorbanca in Layag-Layag, Zamboanga City. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) seizes at least 70 cases of smuggled cigarettes that were loaded on a motorbanca in...
Onions and ice cream are two ideas that should never mix--unless you're an enterprising smuggler. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) bared Wednesday, June 30 that P10 million worth of red onions were found hidden inside ice cream containers from two shipments originating from China. The shipments arrived...
A huge haul of smuggled cigarettes--over P38 million--recently fell in the hands of the Bureau of Customs-Manila International Container Port (BOC-MICP), the agency reported on Sunday, June 13. (Photo from BOC) The shipment, which was issued a pre-lodgement control order by MICP District Collector...
Dozens of smuggled small wildlife species--stuffed inside toy boxes--have been discovered by Bureau of Customs-Port of NAIA (BOC-NAIA) inspectors, the Manila Bulletin learned on Saturday, May 29. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) (Photo from BOC-NAIA) The parcel reportedly came from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and...
