The Bureau of Customs (BOC) foiled the attempt to distribute smuggled onions, sugar, and cigarettes to the local markets following a series of inspections that led to the discovery of the contrabands at the Manila International Container Port (MICP).
BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio said the sm
The Bureau of Customs reported yesterday it has discovered P104 million worth of alleged smuggled onions, sugar and cigarettes during a recent inspection conducted by the BOC’s Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International Container Port on eight shipments from China, Hong Kong and India.
Around P150 million worth of agricultural products were seized in separate raids on 24 warehouses in Malabon and Manila as the Bureau of Customs (BOC) further stepped up the campaign against smuggling.
The raids conducted on Friday, Feb, 17, came barely a week after BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Rub
Intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized more than P90 million worth of cigarettes and sugar believed to have been smuggled into the country following an inspection on container vans at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) on Friday, Feb. 17.
Newly-installed BOC Commissi
Officials from the Bureau of Customs led the physical examination of five shipments containing millions worth of smuggled sugar and cigarettes at the Manila International Container Terminal.