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...
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...
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...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has intercepted a boat loaded with sacks of hazardous chemicals and boxes of smuggled cigarettes during an intense pursuit in the vicinity waters off Malampaya Gas Platform, Palawan. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) intercepted a boat loaded with sacks of...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has turned down the petition of a foreign cigarette company to get back from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) more than P305 million in advance excise tax payments due to its failure to submit complete tax refund documents. (Photo by Pawel Czerwinski/ Unsplash)...
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...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has finally disposed of the P75 million worth of smuggled cigarettes that were seized at the Mindanao Container Terminal last January, the agency said Tuesday, June 15. CRUSHED TO A PULP-- More than 135,000 reams of smuggled cigarettes amounting to P75 million were...
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...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is set to file charges against individuals behind the alleged counterfeit cigarette tax stamps seized recently in Bacolod City. In a statement released by the DOF on Wednesday, June 9, the department quoted BIR Deputy...
Some P30 million worth of smuggled cigarettes from China have been uncovered by Bureau of Customs (BOC) agents from boxes of footwear, the agency bared on Tuesday, May 25. UNCOVERED-- A shipment of smuggled cigarettes worth P30 million from China was intercepted at the Mindanao Container Terminal...
Various seized goods such as counterfeit cigarettes and smuggled cars worth P763 million were destroyed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) via backhoe-thrashing. CRUSHED--Seized smuggled and counterfeit items amounting to P763 million were disposed off by the Bureau of Customs. (Photo courtesy of the...
The government will soon require cigarette manufacturers planning to set up shop in the country’s special economic zones (SEZs) to register with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), the Department of Finance (DOF) said. (Pixabay / MANILA BULLETIN) Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said...
