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Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized around P16.8 million worth of high-grade marijuana after they intercepted a balikbayan box at the Pair Cargo Warehouse in Pasay City. In a statement, the BOC said the ensuing controlled delivery operation also resulted in the arrest of the consignee in
(Photo courtesy of BOC) MANILA - Authorities nabbed the claimant of a package containing PHP1.743 million worth of shabu in a recent controlled delivery operation in Pasay City. In a statement Friday, the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) said the contraband was intercepted at the DHL warehouse in Pasay City. Meanwhile, the consignee, who was not identified, was apprehended separately during the operation in Makati City on Feb. 6. The parcel, declared an antique French phone, arrived at the Port of NAIA from France on Jan. 30. Upon physical examination, ...
The Bureau of Customs, the government’s second largest tax collection agency, said it has exceeded its collection target for January due to heightened border controls and strengthened anti-smuggling program. In a statement, Customs Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the bureau’s revenue haul
(Infographics courtesy of BOC) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has recorded a surplus of 11.79 percent or PHP7.415 billion in its January 2023 revenue target. Based on a preliminary report released on Friday, the bureau collected a total PHP70.327 billion last month, exceeding its target revenue at PHP62.911 billion. The collection is 20.53 percent or PHP11.98 billion higher than the revenue posted during the same month in 2022 at PHP58.346 billion. At the same time, the BOC reported that for January 2023, it has conducted 36 apprehensions in the different ports. It translated to the seiz...
MANILA - Senator Raffy Tulfo has filed a bill seeking to legalize and regulate the importation of second-hand clothes, bags, shoes and accessories, more popularly known as "ukay-ukay," noting the proliferation of the underground industry and the failure of government to stop it. Senate Bill 1778 seeks to repeal Republic Act 4635, or the Act to Safeguard the Health of the People and Maintain the Dignity of the Nation by Declaring it a National Policy to Prohibit the Commercial Importation of Textile Articles Commonly Known as Used Clothing and Rags." In filing the bill, Tulfo not...