SMUGGLED ONIONS. The Bureau of Plant Industry in the Caraga Region starts the destruction Thursday (Sept. 8, 2022) of some 12,000 kilos of smuggled white onions seized at the port of Surigao City. The contraband was seized Monday (Sept. 5, 2002) while loaded inside a 10-wheeler truck bound for Tacloban City (Photo grabbed from Philippine Ports Authority - Port Management Office Surigao Facebook Page) BUTUAN CITY - The destruction of some 12,000 kilos of smuggled white onions recently intercepted at the port of Surigao City started Thursday, an official of the Bureau of Plant Industry in the Caraga Region (BPI-13) said. In an interview, Rayme Ladao, BPI-13 plant quarantine officer, said the contraband was seized at the Surigao port on Monday. The onions, placed in 1,498 net bags, were loaded in a 10-wheeler truck from Cagayan de Oro City bound for Tacloban City. It has an estimated market value of PHP6 million, the BPI-13 said. "The transportation of the white onions has no authori