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(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has seized P20 million worth of smuggled luxury vehicles. In a statement, the bureau said the Ferrari F430 Scuderia, Mercedes Benz SLK 55 AMG and Mercedes Benz E220 were discovered after a physical examination of a shipment that had been declared as used truck parts. The shipment from Japan was consigned to JLFDM Consumer Goods Trading. According to the bureau, 33 bales of used clothes were used to […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities have seized P66.2 million worth of fake cigarettes, the Bureau of Customs said. In a statement, the bureau said the shipments, which arrived at the Port of Subic separately on May 19, were seized on May 28 following the issuance of warrants of seizure and detention. The warrants were issued after a physical examination led to the discovery of the fake cigarettes bearing the labels Marvels Menthol, Marvels Filter, Two Moon […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities on Monday, May 17, seized P3.11 million worth of ketamine and arrested the claimant of the illegal drugs which had been concealed in coffee sachets, the Bureau of Customs said. According to the bureau, Kristopher Segumbang was nabbed in a joint controlled delivery operation in Caloocan after claiming the 622 grams of illegal party drugs on behalf of the consignee, a certain Nick Dimagiba. The parcel arrived last May 10 from […]
(Eagle News)–Over P15 million worth of ecstasy tablets were seized by authorities recently. In a statement, the the Bureau of Customs said two people identified as “Rowena Canapit” and a certain “Michael De Guzman” were also arrested after they attempted to claim the packages containing the illegal drugs in the Quezon City Postal Office. The bureau said the two had presented a authorization letter from the consignee, a certain Glory Joy Buzeta. The packages had […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has “intercepted” some 20,000 capsules of Ivermectin which were “not declared” in a shipment brought into the country at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. (NAIA). The undeclared Ivermectin capsules as well as other “undeclared regulated drugs” were in a shipment imported by Finstad Inc., from New Delhi, India. They were declared as “Food Supplements, Multivitamins and Multi-Mineral Capsules”, the BOC said on Thursday, May 6. According to […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has surpassed its April collection target by P2 billion. In a statement, the bureau said the P51.277 billion collected for last month was P2.077 billion more than the P49.200 billion April 2021 collection target, representing a surplus of 4.2 percent. The bureau said the collection includes additional revenues from the Tax Expenditure Fund (TEF) collection of P121 million and Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG) collection of P13.65 million […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has intercepted P10.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City. According to the bureau, the over 300 cases of cigarettes were seized in an anti-smuggling operation on board MB Princess Amina, off the waters of Barangay Sinunuc on April 15. The operation was conducted following a tip from an informant about the smuggled cigarettes on board the vessel, which had departed from Jolo, Sulu for Zamboanga City. […]
(Eagle News) — Around P50 million worth of smuggled cigarettes were intercepted by Customs authorities in Cagayan de Oro. The Bureau of Customs said the cigarettes housed in two container vans arrived at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on February 14. They had been declared as furniture and were consigned to LMRC 418 Direct Import Export Corp. “Through the receipt of a derogatory information about the shipment, a Pre-Lodgement Control Order […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized around P100 million worth of counterfeit goods, the Bureau of Customs said over the weekend. According to the bureau, the bags bearing the name Louis Vuitton and Gucci, fake medicines and soaps, and unregistered face shields and face masks were discovered in a storage facility in Tondo, Manila on January 25. Among the face masks discovered were of the brand AIDELAI™ which the bureau said was a prohibited brand based […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs said it seized over P10 billion worth of smuggled goods in 2020. In a statement, the bureau said the P10.629 billion worth of smuggled goods seized was a result of 997 seizures from January 2020 to December 2020. The bureau said imported cigarettes and tobacco products topped the list, corresponding to P5.774 billion and about 204 seizure cases. Next on the list were illegal drugs, at P1.855 billion. […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has raised P1.2 billion in additional revenues for 2020 through its post-clearance efforts. In a statement, the bureau said the P1.2 billion in funds were generated with the Post Clearance Audit Group’s issuance of 168 Audit Notice Letters. The bureau said the PCAG was optimistic that additional revenues may still be collected from post clearance audits from 2019. So far, it said there are still 26 demand letters being […]
48 admin cases vs erring Customs employees filed from 2019 to 2020 (Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has so far filed over 100 cases against erring importers and customs brokers. The bureau said the 127 cases filed by the Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers cover the period from CY2020 to January 8, 2021. Of the figure, 75 criminal cases were filed before the Department of Justice, while 52 administrative cases were filed against […]
