(PHOTO VIA BOC / MANILA BULLETIN)
Imported alcoholic beverages were also found stored in the private warehouse in Pajo, Meycauayan during an inspection conducted by the Manila International Container Port’s (MICP) intelligence and enforcement teams.
Armed with a letter of authority signed by Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero, the team from Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service, Enforcement and Security Service, Philippine Coast Guard, and the National Bureau of Investigation proceeded to the warehouse on Dec. 10 and discovered that the facility was storing imported alcoholic beverages and suspected counterfeit products such as bags and other food items.
The warehouse has been sealed and placed under Customs custody as further inventory and investigation were conducted.
COUNTERFEIT goods worth at least P15 million were seized by operatives of the Customs Investigation and Intelligence Service-Manila International Container Port (CIIS-MICP) following a raid on a private warehouse in Meycauayan, Bulacan.
In an after operations report to Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero, CIIS authorities said that found inside the warehouse were counterfeit bags and other food items and alcoholic beverages.
Intelligence group chief Deputy Commissioner Rainiel Ramro said the warehouse has been sealed and placed under Customs custody for further inventory and investigation.
He added that the importer of the hot goods also faces charges for violation of Republic Act (RA) 10863, also known as the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA), and the Intellectual Property Laws (IPL) for importing counterfeit products.
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, Canon, New Berlin, Astro, Famous, and Aries.
A warrant of seizure and detention has been issued against the shipment in violation of Republic Act No. 10863, also known as the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA).
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Published December 11, 2020, 2:53 PM
The Bureau of Customs wants to collect several tax deficiencies uncovered in a post-clearance audit of cooperatives that imported rice since last year, the Department of Finance (DOF) said.
In a statement, the DOF quoted Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero as saying that a post-clearance audit done on rice imports for 2019 showed 48 cooperatives with tax deficiencies totaling P1.4 billion.
These 48 cooperatives came from an initial batch of top 60 importers out of the list of over 320 cooperatives that imported rice last year, Guerrero said in his report to Finance Secretary G. Carlos Dominguez III.
“They have been issued audit notices and subsequent demand letters for the payment of additional duties and taxes as a result of the under declarations (of their imports),” Guerrero said.