Agents of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International Container Port (CIIS-MICP) of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) discovered more than P131 .9 million worth of frozen foods during an examination of three container vans that came from China. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has placed under its custody a domestic shipping vessel over issues on taxes and Custom duties during a joint operation with the Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao at the Hijo Port in Tagum City. Based on the policy, an inert chemical is being added to the fuel after payment...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized some P410,000 worth of used clothing and shoes, locally known as "ukay-ukay" in an anti-smuggling operation in Matnog, Sorsogon. In a statement, the BOC said the 31 bales of used clothes and 10 bales of used shoes were on their way from Manila to...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has added six additional digitalization projects as it continues to implement the modernization program as measures to improve its services and to fight corruption. This was part of the discussion brought by BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz during the visit of Senators...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is set to destroy on Tuesday, Dec. 13, more than P395 million worth of cigarettes that were confiscated in a series of anti-smuggling operations in the western part of Mindanao. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said it will be the second condemnation schedule of...
Benguet Lone District Rep. Eric Yap on Sunday, Dec. 11, urged the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to pursue a legal case against so-called agricultural smugglers who illegally import agricultural products into country that directly impacts local farmers. Benguet Rep. Eric Yap (Photo from Rep. Yap via...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) must send a strong message to traders involved in the big-time smuggling of agricultural goods. Benguet lone district Rep. Eric Go Yap (Facebook) Benguet lone district Rep. Eric Yap said the BOC can do so by filing air-tight, non-bailable cases against such smugglers,...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, December 11, sought an assessment of the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) modernization program amid the influx of smuggled products in the country. Recently, BOC agents have seized more than P63-million worth of frozen goods from Hong Kong and China. Also last week,...
Government anti-narcotics operatives intercepted more than P17 million worth of shabu and marijuana in three separate operations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). In a statement released on Saturday, Dec. 10, the BOC said two parcels bound for New Zealand were intercepted after...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized more than P25 million worth of cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the country via the porous borders of Mindanao. The contraband, according to the Bureau of Customs-Port of Zamboanga (BOC-POZ) Water Patrol Division (WPD), was intercepted off...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized more than P20 million worth of carrots and onions at Port of Subic in its continuing crackdown against smuggled agricultural products. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the intercepted agricultural products arrived in the country on Dec. 1 and were...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has again surpassed its monthly revenue collection, this time, for the month of November as it hit an increase of P26.7 billion from its target of P60.6 billion. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said that based on collection reports from all collection districts, a...
