BOC PATROL BOATS. Bureau of Customs-Port of Cebu Collector Charlito Martin Mendoza (3rd from left) boards one of the three littoral patrol vessels during the blessing on Wednesday (May 4, 2022) at the Pier 5 in Cebu City. The three patrol vessels will be used to interdict smugglers using the seawaters. (PNA photo by John Rey Saavedra) CEBU CITY - Bureau of Customs-Port of Cebu personnel can now chase and intercept vessels used in smuggling illegal drugs and environmental products in the seawaters of Central Visayas, as three littoral patrol boats were launched at the Pier 5 here Wednesday. Lawyer Charlito Martin Mendoza, BOC-Cebu collector, said the deployment of the three fast craft is an anticipation of the smugglers' attempt to use the coast in bringing in undocumented goods from abroad now that the bureau is more advanced in its anti-smuggling protocols. "In the past two years. we have been updating our surveillance and detection protocols and technology on-land with new X