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(photo from BOC) In a ceremony, the bureau formally launched its Customs Operations Center to command and control the intelligence and enforcement operations of its 17 collection districts around the country. The facility is designed to house the different intelligence, enforcement, risk management, and scanning systems of the Customs bureau. It will also oversee the intelligence database, electronic tracking of containerized cargo (E-TRACC) and the vessel monitoring system. Th...

Published December 12, 2020, 12:39 PM Four-hundred thirty-two boxes of smuggled cigarettes valued at P13,188.411  were intercepted while in transit onboard a motorized banca in Cotabato City last Dec. 7, the Bureau of Customs (BoC) said Saturday. According to the Port of Davao, the shipment was intercepted while entering the country through the Rio Grande River in Cotabato City aboard a motorized banca marked “Al-Shameem.” The goods were carrying cigarette brands such as Fort, Bravo, ...

Published December 10, 2020, 2:26 PM Smuggled cigarettes worth P79.51 million seized at the Port of Batangas in October were recently disposed of in Pampanga, the Bureau of Customs said. The seized cigarettes were destroyed on December 5, 6, and 8 at a destruction facility located in Greenleaf 888 Waste Disposal in Barangay Mitla, Porac, Pampanga. According to the bureau, the shipment arrived at the Port of Batangas from China on October 12. It was only declared as laptop bags. ...