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Agents of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) intercepted on Tuesday, Feb. 7, a crude oil tanker loaded with a huge volume of fuel believed to have skipped necessary documentation for duties and taxes of the government. BOC Commissioner Yogi Fi
(Photo courtesy of BOC) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) intercepted on Tuesday unmarked fuel found to have a deficient fuel marker level indicating the lack of the necessary duties and taxes. In a statement, the bureau said the operation was conducted in the early hours of the day after its field office in the Port of Batangas received derogatory information from the agency's Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) about the possible presence of unmarked fuel in the crude oil tanker VOI MT Harmony Star. Assisted by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Substation Mabini, BOC ...
Intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs confiscated 80,000 bags of refined sugar, which are believed to be smuggled from Thailand, during an anti-smuggling operation in Batangas. BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said each of the bags contains 50 kilograms of sugar for a total of 4,000 metri
A total of 207 boxes and 3,507 reams of allegedly smuggled cigarettes with an estimated value of P5.3 million were destroyed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, it said on Sunday, August 21. (Photo by Bureau of Customs) Puerto Princesa Port Collector Gladys Fontanilla-E
(BOC FACEBOOK / MANILA BULLETIN) The said articles were concealed in a shipment of household goods and were seized for violation of Republic Act No. 9147 otherwise known as Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act. Port of Batangas Collector Atty. Ma. Rhea Gregorio and Deputy Collector for Operations Atty. Filemon Mendoza, Jr. transferred to the DENR two animal tusks from elephant and rhinoceros and 11 mineral stones on Jan. 12. The turnover ceremony was witnessed by the officials of the Port and representatives from DENR-Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO...