The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Monday said it seized some P265.5 million worth of tobacco products and other cigarette-making paraphernalia and arrested four Chinese nationals in a joint buy-bust operation along Tanza-Trece Martires Road, Cavite.
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized over P256 million worth of suspected smuggled tobacco products and cigarette-making machines in a raid in a warehouse in Cavite. BOC Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said the operation in Barangay De Ocampo in Trece Martirez on Tuesday, June 28, also l
BUSTED. Agents from the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) inspect cigarette-making paraphernalia and other tobacco products found in a warehouse along Tanza-Trece Martires Road in Trece Martires City, Cavite on Tuesday (June 28, 2022). Authorities seized around PHP256.5 million worth of tobacco products and other cigarette-making paraphernalia during the operation. (Photo courtesy of BOC) MANILA - Bureau of Customs (BOC) agents seized tobacco products and other cigarette-making paraphernalia worth around PHP256.5 million and arrested four Chinese nationals at a warehouse in Cavite province. In a statement Wednesday, Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said the raiding team, composed of personnel from Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International Container Port (CIIS-MICP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), found the items during an inspection at a warehouse along Tanza-Trece Martires Road in Barangay De Ocampo, Trece Martires