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...
ILOILO CITY — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) denied Friday, Aug. 19, that more than P1-billion worth of smuggled rice from Vietnam entered the Port of Iloilo this month. BUREAU of Customs (BOC) acting Deputy Collector for Operations Noli Santua Jr. speaks to Iloilo media Friday, Aug. 19. The BOC...
A scheme to smuggle sugar into the country using "recycled import permits" was uncovered after Malacañang ordered a series of inspections on warehouses suspected to be hoarding sugar. (Photo courtesy of BOC) Malacañang disclosed on Friday, Aug. 19, that a shipment of 7,021 metric tons of sugar...
House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Joey Salceda wants to consider agricultural cartels, hoarding, and profiteering as economic sabotage. Sugar (Pixabay) “I want to give the government the legal basis to raid hoarders and cartels, and to punish them with the full brunt of the law. I...
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized some P8.6 million worth of cigarettes in a series of series of anti-smuggling activities since July 25. Seized were 276 master cases and 327 reams of smuggled cigarettes in five separate joint operations in in Zamboanga City from July 25 to Aug. 11....
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda wants to get to the bottom of allegations that DITO Telecommunity Corporation is bypassing its interconnect agreements with other telecommunications companies, causing foregone interconnection payments of around P2.5 million daily, or from around 1,000...
Twelve containers containing allegedly smuggled red and white onions valued at P36 million were discovered by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cagayan de Oro at the Mindanao International Container Terminal Port in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on Thursday, August 11. (Photo by Bureau of Customs)...
ONE-hundred eighty-two cases of smuggled cigarettes loaded in a ‘jungkong’ were intercepted by Navy and Customs personnel off Balod Island in Sulu Sunday, July 31. (Navy photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Naval Forces Western Mindanao and Bureau of Customs (BOC) foiled an attempt to smuggle more...
