ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P64 million were seized in the vicinity of Manuk Mangkaw Island, Simunul, Tawi-Tawi, on Saturday, March 9. BOXES of undocumented cigarettes valued at P64 million were seized in sea of Simunul, Tawi-Tawi by the Philippine Navy on March 9....
After nearly five years of implementation, has the government's fuel marking program successfully halted or significantly reduced oil smuggling in the Philippines? Rather than providing a direct answer, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has chosen to rely on official data to illustrate the program's...
CEBU CITY – Two drug groups could be behind the smuggling of huge amounts of shabu that were seized here recently, police said. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said these two drug groups were identified during the custodial debriefing on arrested drug personalities. Pelare, spokesperson of...
Sen. Cynthia A. Villar renewed her call against agricultural smuggling to protect the country's local hog producers, pushing for Congress to finish the bicameral conference on the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Bill. Villar made the statement as she recently attended the National Federation of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth P398 million were seized by the Philippine Navy and other concerned agencies from a cargo vessel manned by Indonesians in the sea of Tawi-Tawi on February 1. Philippine Navy personnel were initially alerted by the National Coast Watch Center about...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized an estimated P9.7-million worth of smuggled cigarettes near Santa Cruz Island here on Sunday, February 18. SMUGGLED cigarettes worth P9.7 million were seized by authorities in Zamboanga City. (2 nd ZCMFC photo) The 2nd Zamboanga City Mobile Force...
CEBU CITY — A 27-year-old woman was arrested after she tried to sneak in a pack of suspected shabu into the Mandaue City Jail hidden in her private part on Tuesday, February 13. A PACK of suspected shabu and a cell phone were found inserted in the private part of a female jail visitor in...
Photos: Bureau of Customs The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is currently on the lookout for two smuggled Bugatti Chiron super sports cars valued at an astonishing P330 million. These 2023 model sports cars, one blue (with plate number NIM 5448) and one red (with plate number NIM 5450), have been...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 62-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle a pack of suspected shabu for his detained son in Ormoc City on New Year’s Eve. Police identified the suspect as Aurelio Basete. Basete arrived at the Ormoc City Jail Male Dormitory in Barangay Altavista to bring...
The government should intensify its campaign against smuggling, particularly of agricultural products such as onions, garlic, carrots, and rice especially this Christmas season, Sen. Manuel “Lito” Lapid said. Lapid, who was in La Trinidad, Benguet, last Friday, learned that rampant...
Leading oil firm Petron Corporation has been ranked consistent topnotcher in the country’s fuel marking program that is being enforced by the Bureau of Customs (BoC) to potently curb smuggling in the downstream oil sector. As reported by the Customs bureau, Petron rated highest in the fuel...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co The arrest of alleged large-scale onion smuggler Jayson de Roxas Taculog shows President Marcos' determination to end the problem of agricultural smuggling once and for all. Thus, said House Committee on...
