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Published March 2, 2021, 8:40 PM Bureau of Customs (BOC) agents seized late last month some 2,000 master cases of smuggled cigarettes worth P60 million, the agency revealed in a statement Tuesday, March 2. The Feb.26 operation, which led to the confiscation of the million-peso contraband, was carried out by the Manila International Container Port’s (MICP) Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS).  The shipments came from China and were consigned to two entities: Green Nature All...

Published February 26, 2021, 8:00 AM The Department of Finance (DOF) approved the inclusion of all importations of coronavirus vaccines in the “Mabuhay” or express lane to allow their quick processing of the tax and duty exemptions. In a statement released by the DOF, the department said that Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III approved the inclusion of COVID-19 vaccines in the Mabuhay lane as well as the waiving of their filing fees. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III Domingu...

Photo by BOC.  BATAAN, Feb. 25 -- The Bureau of Customs Port of Limay and the composite team from Enforcement and Security Service (ESS), Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), Philippine National Police (PNP), and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), intercepted smuggled cigarettes in master cases bearing the "Mighty" and "Two Moon" cigarette brands and Premium Vietnam Rice loaded onto LCT Yellow River last February 24, 2021 in Orion, Bataan. Based on reports, said importation was un...

Published February 24, 2021 4:52pm Updated February 25, 2021 12:15am The Department of Justice (DOJ) will look into the complaints against officials and employees of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) over their alleged failure to detect a shabu shipment worth P1 billion in 2019. On Wednesday, Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento said he would create a panel of prosecutors that will conduct a preliminary investigation into the complaints filed by...

PASAY CITY, Feb. 19 -- The Department of Finance (DOF), through its Revenue Operations Group (ROG), has assisted the national government in implementing several regulations related to the Bayanihan To Heal As One Act (Republic Act (RA) No. 11469 or the Bayanihan 1) and Bayanihan To Recover As One Act (RA 11494 or the Bayanihan 2) to provide relief to sectors hardest hit by the economic shock triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.  In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Ti...

MANILA, Feb. 18 -- In line with the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) mandate to protect the country’s borders from the entry of illegal and smuggled goods, the Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS), filed criminal cases before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against two (2) importers for the alleged misdeclaration and illegal importation of counterfeit and prohibited goods. The first case is against YJC International Corporation for alleged unlawful importation and misdeclaration of 1,59...

(PIXABAY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Bureau of Customs (BOC) through its Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS), filed criminal cases against YJC International Corporation and MBS Cargo Movers Co. before the Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with the alleged misdeclaration and illegal importation of counterfeit and prohibited goods. YJC was rapped for alleged unlawful importation and misdeclaration of 79,950 reams of counterfeit cigarettes amounting to P76.8 m...

Counterfeit toys and various smuggled goods were recently discovered in a warehouse in Guiguinto, Bulacan, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Thursday, Feb. 18.

Government anti-narcotics agents seized some P5 million worth of ecstasy following the arrest of a man who received the popular party drugs through a package sent via the Philpost Central Office in Manila.

A shipment of smuggled cigarettes from China amounting to P30 million were reported to have been seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC).