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Moneyed smugglers should languish in jail while their cases are pending in court, Sen. Cynthia Villar said yesterday as a Senate joint panel tackled a proposal to establish anti-agricultural smuggling courts.
The Bureau of Customs has apprehended P1.44 billion worth of smuggled cigarettes in Mindanao as the illegal entry of the commodity remains rampant.
Intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have confiscated around P150 million worth of agricultural products, which are all believed to have been smuggled into the country, in separate inspections in warehouses in Manila, Caloocan and Navotas.
A series of raids on six warehouses in Metro Manila resulted in the confiscation of at least P150 million worth of agricultural products believed to have been smuggled from China, the Bureau of Customs reported yesterday.
The Department of Agriculture is set to roll out tons of confiscated smuggled sugar for only P70 per kilo compared to market prices ranging from P86 to P110 of commercial sugar. Assistant Secretary for Consumers Affairs and DA spokesperson Kristine Evangelista in a radio program (Executive Summary in DZBB) said they have yet to discuss