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Over P5 million worth of suspected smuggled vegetables and fruits were seized in warehouses in Manila following complaints of Benguet local traders on poor sales even during the peak of the Christmas season, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported on Wednesday. “We hear you. That’s what we want to...

Authorities confiscate boxes of allegedly smuggled cigarettes worth P1..84 million from Indonesian watercraft KM Pejuang Devisa 2 off Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Sept. 14, 2023. (Photo by Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao) The Philippine Navy (PN) said on Saturday, Sept. 16, that it has intercepted...

More than 800 spiderlings and adult spiders which were concealed in postal parcels were recently intercepted by the Bureau of Customs (BOC), authorities said Friday, Sept. 17. Photo: BOC NAIA The BOC's Port of NAIA and Environmental Protection Compliance Division (EPCD) said 809 spiderlings and 17...