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(Photo courtesy of BOC-Cagayan de Oro) MANILA - A total of 2,027 master cases of smuggled cigarettes worth PHP16 million have recently been destroyed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cagayan de Oro. In a statement Monday, Port of CDO District Collector Elvira Cruz said the illegal shipments were condemned inside the facility of Greenleaf 88 Non-Hazardous Waste Disposal in Barangay Bayabas in Cagayan de Oro City last February 18. The cigarettes destroyed through shredding include the brand YS Red, Titan Green and Titan Red which were seized in two separate shipments from China declared as "used furniture". Cruz said the important message of condemnation activities to smugglers is to halt their unscrupulous activities defrauding the government of revenues which also disrupts the tobacco industry in the country. She also assured to assist in the filing of cases against consignees of the said shipment through the legal arm of BOC the Bureau's Action Team Against Smuggle ....

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