Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 06:45:40 +0000
THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intercepted P58 million worth of fake and smuggled cigarettes in an operation in Caloocan City. The operation was conducted on January 27 by the BoC in coordination with the Philippine Coast Guard, local police and barangay personnel. Armed with a Letter of Authority (LOA) and Mission Order (MO) signed by […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Eireene Jairee Gomez| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 15:00:17 +0000
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is planning to put up P2 billion worth of cold storage facilities in five major seaports in the country as part of efforts to intensify quarantine measures against smuggled items. “The Cabinet has approved [the budget for it,] so the plan is ready. We already told the DBM (Department of […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:00:08 +0000
THE Manila Veterinary Inspection Board presented to Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso early Friday morning P10 million worth of peking duck that was smuggled into the country. Dr. Nicanor “Nick” Santos, Jr. said the the meat, three tons of it, was seized on Thursday at the Minfei Yang Company along Kalakal St. corner Capulong St., Navotas City following […]
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:37:12 +0000
Vietnam’s customs authority has confiscated 125 kilograms of rhino horns worth up to $4 million in an air shipment.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 07:02:22 +0000
THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) has destroyed millions of pesos worth of smuggled goods that included a luxury car, counterfeit cigarettes and cigarette-making machines. Undersecretary Jesus Melchor Quitain, officer-in-charge, Office…READ
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:16:29 +0000
Singapore has made its largest-ever seizure of smuggled ivory, impounding a haul of nearly nine tons of contraband tusks from an estimated 300 elephants.
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 21:10:20 +0000
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) filed on Friday smuggling charges against an importer and broker for misdeclaration and falsification of documents after they attempted to smuggle into the Port of Cebu four luxury cars which were declared as car accessories.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:15:53 +0000
Iran said Thursday its Revolutionary Guard seized a foreign oil tanker and its crew of 12 for smuggling fuel out of the country.
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Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:00:01 +0000
BACOLOD CITY—A top official of a ship manning company based here on Sunday (July 14) called for an investigation of reports that linked it to the illegal release of 641 shipping containers loaded with smuggled goods at the Port of Manila and the filing of charges against those behind the reports.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 06:47:50 +0000
SOME P18 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and agricultural products have been seized by the Bureau of Customs (BoC) in two operations in Mindanao and Manila. In a report submitted…READ
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