Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Manila International Container Port (MICP), backed with government's anti-narcotics operatives, seized some 15 kilos of shabu during a buy-bust in Caloocan City. The operation also resulted in the arrest of Randy Rafael, according to the MICP report....
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) incurred P3.4 billion in forgone revenues due to lower pork import tariffs, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported on Monday, Nov. 22. The tax collection losses stemmed from the government’s effort to boost the supply of pork and stabilize its retail prices in the...
The anti-smuggling unit of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) raided a warehouse in Malabon that resulted in the seizure of approximately P4.72-million worth of smuggled agricultural products. Seized during the warehouse raid in Catmon, Malabon were imported vegetables like broccoli, carrots and red...
Around P1.9 million worth of Indonesian cigarettes that were allegedly smuggled in Glan, Saranggani were recently confiscated by the Bureau of Customs (BOC), it reported on Friday, Nov. 5. BOC/MANILA BULLETIN According to BOC's Port of Davao, the smuggled cigarettes were loaded in a motorboat at...
Two employees of the Bureau of Customs were arrested in an entrapment operation after they were accused of extorting money from an importer in exchange for the release of a shipment. Based on the report, Zosimo E. Bello and Salvador V. Seletaria were reportedly demanding P300,000 from an importer....
A total of P8.2 million worth of party drugs concealed in three shipments from abroad have been seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC)'s Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City. Bureau of Customs personnel seize ecstasy hidden inside a turntable from a foreign shipment at a...
The Bureau of Customs has discovered fake items that were allegedly smuggled into the country during an inspection in a warehouse in Binondo, Manila. Among the items found were Dior Facemasks, Jeep Caps, Hello Kitty Pajamas and Baseus Electronics. The items were confirmed to fake which is in...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs confiscated some P362 million worth of various smuggled agriculture products in Zambales. The smuggled items were inside 60 40-foot container vans that were inspected by agents of the BOC-Port of Subic on Monday. BOC Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero said the...
The national government’s budget deficit breached the P1 trillion mark in the first three quarters of the year, but cuts in expenditures allowed the Duterte administration to keep the funding gap below the ceiling. The Bureau of the Treasury reported Monday, Oct. 25, that the national...
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...
Collections of the government’s two main tax agencies surpassed the P2-trillion mark in the first nine months of the year, nearing the pre-pandemic level, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported Friday, Oct. 22. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said tax haul of the Bureau of Internal...
The Bureau of Customs has confiscated three bottles of medicine which turned out to be containing marijuana in a foiled smuggling attempt into the country through the Port of Clark International Airport. The bottles were inside a parcel that was declared as “over counter drugs for personal...
