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(Eagle News) — Authorities seized over P9 million worth of smuggled cigarettes off the waters of Zamboanga City, the Bureau of Customs said. According to the bureau, the 275 master cases and 32 reams worth P9.6 million worth were seized from a motorized wooden watercraft named “FB JAMAIKA” on June 21. The BOC did not give additional details about the operation but said the watercraft was on its way to Cotabato City and had come […]
(Eagle News) — Around P20 million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized in Davao del Sur, the Bureau of Customs said. According to the bureau, the 690 master cases were retrieved in a joint buy-bust operation conducted by the BOC-Port of Davao through its Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), X-ray Inspection Project (XIP), and Enforcement Security Service (ESS) in coordination with the Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Special Operations Group (RSOG) XI on March […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has seized over P36 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in an abandoned warehouse in Zamboanga City. According to the bureau, the 1038 master cases of undocumented cigarettes, with an estimated value of P36,330,000, were seized in the storage facility in Barangay Kasanyangan, Zamboanga City as part of a follow-up operation. The follow-up operation was conducted following a shooting incident that on Dustone Drive on Jan. 24. The bureau […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs on Friday, June 11, seized what it said were P38.1 million worth of smuggled cigarettes. According to the bureau, the 1,090 master cases of cigarettes were discovered at the Manila port following a physical examination of a shipment consigned to Green Nature Alliance Ventures. A master case contains more or less 10,000 cigarettes. The bureau did not say what was declared instead in the shipment or what prompted […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs in Zamboanga City has destroyed P50 million worth of smuggled cigarettes. In a statement, the bureau said the 1,278 master cases and 513 reams were seized in separate anti-smuggling operations since December 2020. This is the first condemnation activity of the bureau’s Zamboanga port in 2021, after the three condemnation activities in 2020. The previous year’s condemnation activities resulted in the destruction and disposal of P254 million worth […]
(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 have seized P25.7 million worth of smuggled and fake cigarettes in Bulacan and Makati on Aug. 25, the Bureau of Customs said. The bureau said apart from the fake cigarettes worth P10 million, seized from the Makati store and storage establishment were unlicensed short and long firearms, COVID-19 test kits, Chinese medicine used for treatment of COVID-19, face masks and liquor, among others. Seized from the Bocaue warehouse were 246 cases of […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has intercepted P54.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes. In a statement, the bureau said the 1092 cases were in a 40-foot container that arrived in the Port of Cebu on Aug. 16. The container, which was consigned to GRR Trading, had been declared as containing drawers, tables, cabinets and lockers. According to the bureau, based on a tip, Carlo A. Bautista, chief of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation […]
