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White onions valued at P6 million imported from China were confiscated by the Bureau of Customs at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) on Tuesday as part of the BOC’s drive against smuggling of agricultural products.

SMUGGLED. Officers of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) inspect smuggled frozen pork and poultry products at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) on Monday (June 27, 2022). The shipments worth PHP85 million were initially declared as containing hotpot balls and steamed buns. (Photo courtesy of BOC-MICP) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday said it has intercepted an estimated PHP85 million worth of illegally imported pork and poultry products at the M...

Agricultural products estimated at P85 million allegedly smuggled from China were intercepted at the Manila International Container Port , the Bureau of Customs reported yesterday.

SMUGGLED. Frozen poultry products worth PHP124 million are found in two shipments that arrived from China last week, confirmed the Bureau of Customs on Saturday (June 25, 2022). They were misdeclared as hotpot soup balls and steamed buns. (Photo courtesy of BOC) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Saturday reported that it stopped the entry of PHP124 million worth of misdeclared agricultural products last week. The BOC said in a statement that the shipments of frozen poultry products came fr...

The Bureau of Customs intercepted at least P124 million worth of smuggled poultry products from China, officials reported yesterday.

(Photo from BOC-MICP) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Thursday reported the seizure of PHP4 million worth of smuggled carrots from China at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). In a statement, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS)-MICP chief Alvin Enciso said the two shipments seized on Tuesday were consigned to Silverpop Dry Goods Trading and were declared as containing 2,600 cartons of steamed buns. The broker of the shipments that arrived in the country on J...

Over P775 million worth of illegal drugs were confiscated from at least 5,900 suspects in Metro Manila in the past three months, the National Capital Region Police Office reported yesterday.

(Photo courtesy of BOC) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) - Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) on Monday reported the interception of 198 various species of tarantulas misdeclared as thermal mugs in Pasay City. In a statement, the port said the outbound shipment was about to be sent by a sender from Pasay City to a recipient in Italy when it was intercepted by officers at the BOC-DHL Express warehouse on June 7. The package was subjected to X-ray and 100 percent physical ex...

Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Port of Limay seized some P10 million worth of smuggled cigarettes. The operation was carried out through a Letter of Authority from Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero on the alleged presence of smuggled items in a store and a resort in Barangay San Vicente,

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Wednesday said it seized some P10 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in a joint buy-bust operation in Orion, Bataan earlier this week.