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(Photo from BOC-MICP) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Thursday reported the seizure of PHP4 million worth of smuggled carrots from China at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). In a statement, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS)-MICP chief Alvin Enciso said the two shipments seized on Tuesday were consigned to Silverpop Dry Goods Trading and were declared as containing 2,600 cartons of steamed buns. The broker of the shipments that arrived in the country on June 6 was identified as a certain Nemesio Asan Blancaflor Jr. He said the operation which was conduc...

Over P775 million worth of illegal drugs were confiscated from at least 5,900 suspects in Metro Manila in the past three months, the National Capital Region Police Office reported yesterday.

(Photo courtesy of BOC) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) - Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) on Monday reported the interception of 198 various species of tarantulas misdeclared as thermal mugs in Pasay City. In a statement, the port said the outbound shipment was about to be sent by a sender from Pasay City to a recipient in Italy when it was intercepted by officers at the BOC-DHL Express warehouse on June 7. The package was subjected to X-ray and 100 percent physical examination which led to the discovery of the live animals of different sizes that do not have the nec...

Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Port of Limay seized some P10 million worth of smuggled cigarettes. The operation was carried out through a Letter of Authority from Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero on the alleged presence of smuggled items in a store and a resort in Barangay San Vicente,

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Wednesday said it seized some P10 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in a joint buy-bust operation in Orion, Bataan earlier this week.