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.
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
NBP The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Wednesday, May 18, said it will impose sanctions on one of its prisoners who was found using the name of lawyer Vic Rodriguez, spokesperson of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., and reportedly soliciting money donations through social
New Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa City (File photo) MANILA - Criminal charges await an inmate of New Bilibid Prison (NBP) who allegedly defrauded victims by posing as lawyer Victor Rodriguez, the spokesperson and chief of staff of presumptive President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Ryan Ace Castillejo, a.k.a. Jose Villafuerte, reportedly used a mobile phone to contact his victims. He was initially thought to be an inmate at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Taguig City before authorities traced him at the Muntinlupa City facility. "(The) suspect was traced by the NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) Special Action Unit at the NBP maximum security compound where he's serving his sentence for two counts of qualified theft. Found in his possession were a mobile phone and notebooks containing names of possibly past or prospective victims," Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra told reporters via text message. Guevarra said Castillejo will be charged with c
The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality has recommended the filing of criminal charges against individuals who were allegedly involved in the “pastillas” bribery scheme in the Bureau of Immigration.