BOC denies using tapioca auction to lure drug smugglers

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:25:16 +0000

Erastus Sandino Austria

Bureau of Customs spokesperson Erastus Sandino Austria denied on Wednesday that a shipment tapioca, which was used to conceal P1 billion worth of crystal meth, was auctioned off to lure whoever was behind the cargo to come out in the open.

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BOC says COA audit report includes ‘old’ accounting errors

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 02:09:36 +0000

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has clarified that some of the accounting errors raised by the Commission on Audit (COA) trace back to six

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BOC: Shipment auctioned in April was tapioca starch, not ‘shabu’

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 06:22:03 +0000

The shipment auctioned off last month at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) only contained tapioca starch, not crystal meth or “shabu”, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) clarified on Friday.

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Canada’s red tape delaying trash reexport, says BOC chief

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 21:39:48 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — If not for the bureaucratic red tape in Canada, the Philippines could have shipped the remaining 69 containers of trash languishing in two of the country’s ports by the middle of this month, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Tuesday.

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P60M smuggled sugar, firecrackers seized in Subic

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 04:15:53 +0000

P60M smuggled sugar, firecrackers seized in Subic

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated a total of P60 million worth of smuggled sugar and firecrackers here on Friday. BOC officials said the smuggled sugar and firecrackers arrived from Hong Kong on March 31 and April 7 and were seized after these were found in 34 containers misdeclared as floor […]

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Bureau of Customs warns public against ‘Love Scam’ 

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:00:02 +0000

Bureau of Customs warns public against ‘Love Scam’ 

The Bureau of Customs has warned the public against sham e-mails purportedly on behalf of the agency that ask shipment consignees to deposit money for the release of their package.

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