More than P33 million worth of local and foreign currencies were confiscated by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) from various currency smuggling attempts through the country's ports since last year. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) According to the Intelligence Group-Customs Intelligence and Investigation...
A motorized wooden boat locally known as "jungkong" loaded with a hundred master cases of cigarettes was intercepted off the waters of Manalipa Island in Zamboanga City, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Friday, July 16. OH NO YOU DON'T--A delivery of a P3.5-million shipment of smuggled cigarettes...
Seventy-nine criminal and administrative cases have been filed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) against erring importers and brokers over the last six months, the agency said Friday, July 16. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) A total of 167 individuals were the subject of the complaints filed by the...
The Department of Agriculture (DA), together with other members of Sub-Task Group on Economic Intelligence (STG EI) of the IATF Task Group on Food Security, has seized P42-million worth of smuggled red onion in the Port of Subic Bay, which is feared to be part of the ongoing large scale...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has flagged a possible sugar smuggling scheme employed by unscrupulous traders taking advantage of the Sugar Regulatory Administration’s (SRA) export replenishment program. In a statement on Monday, July 12, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said he has...
A shipment of smuggled cigarettes worth P90 million was reduced to ashes after the Bureau of Customs (BOC) destroyed the contraband via burning in Cebu. DESTROYED--A P90-million shipment of fake cigarettes was disposed off through burning in Cebu last July 7, 2021. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) A...
Two importers are now facing criminal raps for allegedly bringing in smuggled cigarettes and used clothing or "ukay-ukay" in the country, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Thursday, July 8. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) Through the Bureau’s Action Team against Smugglers (BATAS), the BOC recently...
More than P10 billion worth of smuggled goods have been seized in various ports and warehouses in the country over the last six months of 2021, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) bared Wednesday, July 7. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) The confiscated contrabands were a combination of counterfeit cigarettes,...
Three importers are facing charges of smuggling for allegedly bringing in misdeclared goods such as cigarettes and onions in the country. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through its Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS), filed criminal cases against the erring...
Some P92 million worth of counterfeit cigarettes from China have been uncovered from a flagged shipment at the Port of Subic, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Tuesday, June 29. FAKE-- A shipment of fake cigarettes from China amounting to P92 million was intercepted by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at...
Three cargo containers filled with P9 million worth of misdeclared red onions were recently uncovered at the Port of Subic, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Monday, June 21. ONION CONTRABAND--Some P9 million worth of red onions from China were intercepted at the Port of Subic due to misdeclaration...
A total of 21 smuggled vehicles were reduced to scrap after the Bureau of Customs (BOC) simultaneously destroyed seized luxury and "knocked down" cars in Manila and Cagayan de Oro on Friday, June 18. EXPENSIVE SCRAP--Twenty-one luxury cars and other knocked down vehicles were destroyed by the...
