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A Bataan court has convicted four people who were caught transporting smuggled rice and cigarettes in Orion town last year, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) disclosed on Saturday, Sept. 10. BOC Acting Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the four rice smugglers were sentenced to a maximum of four years
Four rice traders were found guilty of agricultural smuggling just as the government moves to address one of the persistent problems in the sector.
BOC-Davao, authorities seize luxury car
Behind a pile of used car parts inside a container van that arrived from Japan was a white Porsche 911 GT3 RS in what officials described as another smuggling attempt of luxury vehicles into the country, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) disclosed on Thursday, Sept. 8. And it would have not been detecte
(Photo courtesy of BOC) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Wednesday reported the recent interception of a shipment from Nigeria containing around PHP58.31 worth of shabu in San Andres, Manila. In a statement, the bureau said the shipment which was intercepted on Aug. 19 was declared as "food stuff". The illegal drugs were discovered after the shipment was found to have been illegally imported into the country without the necessary import permits from the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI) based on the evaluation and verification of import documents. Upo...