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...
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...
Revenue collection from imported rice increased this year despite decline in the price of the staple food in the world market, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported Thursday, Oct. 21. Based on the Bureau of Customs report submitted to the DOF, the agency collected P14.3 billion in rice duties...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) announced Wednesday, Oct. 20, that it has seized and eventually destroyed six machines that were used to manufacture fake cigarettes in a ceremony held in Porac, Pampanga. The Bureau of Customs Port of Aparri destroys six fake cigarette-making machines and other items in...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has confiscated some P3 million worth of onions at the Port of Cagayan de Oro which are believed to have been smuggled into the country from China. Consigned to South Road Consumer Goods Trading, the shipment from China arrived in Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT)...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated some P9 million worth of smuggled agricultural products in a raid in a warehouse in Valenzuela City. The joint team from the MICP-CIIS and PCG (Manila International Container Port-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (MICP-CIIS) and operatives of...
