The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed a total of 33 cases so far in the continuing efforts to run after smugglers of agricultural products in the country. BOC acting Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the cases were against 33 importers and 11 customs brokers whose names cropped up during the...
The Philippine Coast Guard said Tuesday, Nov. 15, that it has seized 299 reams of allegedly smuggled “Casablanca” cigarettes amounting to P209,300 which were concealed in packages aboard a passenger ship in Siasi, Sulu. Courtesy of PCG The PCG said the items were intercepted by two coast guard...
Quezon City 1st district Rep. Arjo Atayde is seeking hefty penalties against individuals who are caught smuggling illegal drugs and other contraband inside a jail. Quezon City 1st district Rep. Arjo Atayde (Instagram) The actor-turned-congressman filed House Bill (HB) No.4061, or the proposed Act...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized some P2.45 million of cigarettes in an anti-smuggling operation in Davao City. In a statement, the BOC Port of Davao said the 4,250 reams of smuggled cigarettes worth 2.45 million was seized along with a Hyundai Porter Freezer Van in a checkpoint in Toril...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized on Monday, Oct. 17, more than P228 million worth of imported sugar inside the International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) in Tondo, Manila. BOC acting Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the refined sugar...
Acting Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz has ordered the strategic deployment of their modernized Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) in a move to strengthen the campaign against smuggling of products into the country. The BOC has 20 FPVs and are regularly used in conduct of patrol and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes worth P210 million aboard two vessels in Tumalutap Island here on Wednesday, Oct. 5. MEN unload boxes of smuggled cigarettes intercepted by the police off Tumalutap Island in Zamboanga City on Wednesday, Oct. 5. (Ely Dumaboc) The Zamboanga City...
Behind a pile of used car parts inside a container van that arrived from Japan was a white Porsche 911 GT3 RS in what officials described as another smuggling attempt of luxury vehicles into the country, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) disclosed on Thursday, Sept. 8. And it would have not been detected...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Contraband cigarettes valued at P7 million were seized in an anti-smuggling operation off Manalipa Island here on Tuesday, Sept. 6. SMUGGLED cigarettes worth P7 million were intercepted in Zamboanga City on Tuesday, Sept. 6. (2nd ZCMFC9 photo) Major Shellamie Chang, Police...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Monday criticized the Department of Agriculture (DA), Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), and Bureau of Customs (BOC) for turning a blind eye on the worsening situation of agricultural smuggling in the country. In a press conference, Ejercito slammed...
Six Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials from the Port of Subic were relieved for their supposed involvement in the alleged smuggling of sugar, Malacañang announced. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) relieves six officials for alleged smuggling of sugar at the Port of Subic. (OPS) Press Secretary Trixie...
A total of 207 boxes and 3,507 reams of allegedly smuggled cigarettes with an estimated value of P5.3 million were destroyed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, it said on Sunday, August 21. (Photo by Bureau of Customs) Puerto Princesa Port Collector Gladys...
