Live Breaking News & Updates on 000 Master Cases Of Smuggled Cigarettes Worth Php300 Million The Were Stacked

CIGARETTES DESTRUCTION. Segundo Sigmundfreud Barte Jr., Bureau of Customs-Zamboanga district collector (left), and Councilor Josephine Pareja (right) tear apart smuggled cigarettes, as part of the destruction Wednesday (Dec. 15, 2021). It is part of PHP300 million worth of confiscated cigarettes in Zamboanga City. (Photo by: Teofilo P. Garcia, Jr.) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) here, together with partner agencies, on Wednesday destroyed more than 8,000 master cases of smuggled cigarettes worth PHP300 million. The cigarettes were stacked, drenched by firetrucks, and crushed with the use of heavy equipment in front of the BOC-rented warehouse in Barangay Baliwasan. After crushing, the cigarettes were disposed at the sanitary landfill. "These cigarettes were seized in separate anti-smuggling operations in Zamboanga Peninsula and BaSulTa (Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi) from May to November this year," BOC-Zamboanga District Collector Segundo Sigmundfreud Barte Jr. s ....

Zamboanga Peninsula , Province Of Zamboanga Sibugay , Basulta Basilan , Segundo Sigmundfreud Barte Jr , Barangay Baliwasan , Regional Trial Court , Bureau Of Customs , Cigarettes Destruction Segundo Sigmundfreud Barte Jr , Ureau Of Customs Zamboanga District Collector Left , Nd Councilor Josephine Pareja Right Tear Apart Smuggled Cigarettes , S Part Of The Destruction Wednesday Dec 15 , 021 It Is Part Of Php300 Million Worth Confiscated Cigarettes In Zamboanga City Photo By Teofilop Garcia , R Zamboanga City The Bureau Of Customs Boc Here , Ogether With Partner Agencies , N Wednesday Destroyed More Than 8 , 000 Master Cases Of Smuggled Cigarettes Worth Php300 Million The Were Stacked , Renched By Firetrucks , Nd Crushed With The Use Of Heavy Equipment In Front Boc Rented Warehouse Barangay Baliwasan After Crushing , He Cigarettes Were Disposed At The Sanitary Landfill Quot These Seized In Separate Anti Smuggling Operations Zamboanga Peninsula And Basulta Basilan , Ulu And Tawi From May To November This Year , Uot Boc Zamboanga District Collector Segundo Sigmundfreud Barte Jr Said In An Interview The Destruction Of Contraband Serves Asa Warning That They Are Serious Campaign Against Smuggling Quot Smugglers Often Declare Their Cargoes During Anti Operations Or Customs Checkpoint As Sacks Dried Fish Fishes With Other Prime Commodities Junk Foods Inside Iceboxes , Uot He Added Thanked Other Law Enforcement Agencies For Their Unwavering Support In The Campaign Against Smuggling This Part Of Country Meanwhile , E Said They Have So Far Filed Three Cases Against Smugglers And Quot These Are With The Rtc Regional Trial Court Now However , E Said Most Of The Accused Claimed They Were Just Contracted To Transport Contrabands Through Cellular Phone Transactions Quot Absorb Liability Although We Pity Them , Ut There 39s Nothing We Can Do Than To File The Case , Uot Barte Said ,