Published May 8, 2021, 3:40 PM Instead of paper products, boxes of cigarettes amounting to P20.37 million was found in a shipment from China which was transported to the country through the Port of Manila, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Saturday, May 8. SMUGGLED CIGARETTES FOILED — A shipment only declared as papers but turned out to contain cigarettes worth P20.37 million from China was intercepted at the Port of Manila on May 6, 2021. (Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Customs) Customs agents found the misdeclared cigarettes in a 40-footer container that arrived at the port on May 2. It originated from China and was consigned to Micastar Consumer Goods Trading.