DAVAO CITY --- The Bureau of Customs, Port of Zamboanga, destroyed 5,624 master cases and 1,171 reams of seized and forfeited smuggled cigarettes on November 30, 2023, in a customs-rented warehouse in Brgy. Tetuan, Zamboanga City. The destroyed cigarettes has an estimated worth Php 323.59 million were seized in separate maritime patrol operations and customs checkpoints in … [Read more...] about Customs Zamboanga destroys P323-M smuggled cigarettes
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Auhorities confiscate 1.4B worth of smuggled cigarettes in Sulu
DAVAO CITY --- Government forces, and the Bureau of Customs in a joint operation confiscated 19 thousand boxes of smuggled cigarettes worth 1.425 billion pesos in barangay Kajatian in Indanan, Sulu on March 2. Equipped with Letter of Authority, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) opened the warehouse in Indanan and found the 19,000 cases of assorted imported cigarettes, such as … [Read more...] about Auhorities confiscate 1.4B worth of smuggled cigarettes in Sulu
Customs confiscates P16m worth of smuggled cigarettes
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Bureau of Custom on Friday confiscated loads of smuggled cigarettes from China. The Customs uncovered that the container earlier declared as used furniture turned out to be smuggled cigattes. The Customs is a statement said the shipment, estimated to be worth P8 million, was intercepted at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) subport in … [Read more...] about Customs confiscates P16m worth of smuggled cigarettes
PNP-12 confiscates truckload of smuggled cigarettes in Nocot town
DAVAO CITY --- Members of the Philippine National Police Region 12 (PNP-12) confiscated a truck loaded with assorted smuggled cigarette which amounts to PhP 5,000,000.00 on Sunday dawn, November 14. The PNP-12 in a statement said they received information that a six-wheeler loaded with smuggled goods was travelling from Davao del Sur to General Santos City at 3:40 in … [Read more...] about PNP-12 confiscates truckload of smuggled cigarettes in Nocot town
BOC-10 seizes cigarettes worth P30M from China
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A shipment of cigarettes from China estimated to be worth P30 million was confiscated by the Bureau of Customs-10 authorities, the agency said Monday, May 24. According to Oliver Valiente, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service field station chief based here, they were informed beforehand that a contraband is set to arrive at a port under the … [Read more...] about BOC-10 seizes cigarettes worth P30M from China