Published March 2, 2021, 8:40 PM
Bureau of Customs (BOC) agents seized late last month some 2,000 master cases of smuggled cigarettes worth P60 million, the agency revealed in a statement Tuesday, March 2.
The Feb.26 operation, which led to the confiscation of the million-peso contraband, was carried out by the Manila International Container Port’s (MICP) Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS).
The shipments came from China and were consigned to two entities: Green Nature Alliance Ventures Corp. and Atlantic Globe Movers Inc.
Green Nature initially declared their shipment to contain 1,134 cartons of Zhong Su brand pe stretch film, while Atlantic Globe declared theirs as 74 packages of lowering device packing equipment.