CEBU CITY, Philippines — Smuggled cigarettes worth more than P130,000 were seized by police during an inspection operation in Cordova, Cebu, on Wednesday evening, February 11. The seizure was made at around 7:30 p.m. in Purok Langub,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities seized around P20 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in a joint intelligence-driven checkpoint operation in Barangay Poblacion, Santander, in southern Cebu on Saturday, January 10. They intercepted a Foton Tornado closed van…
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police confiscated P21 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested one suspect during an anti-smuggling operation at Zamboanga City port on Sunday, November 30. Brig. Gen. Edwin Quilates, regional police director, said that the operatives…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – A total of 26,526 sacks of alleged smuggled rice worth P38 million were seized from a warehouse in Barangay San Roque, Talisay City, during a raid conducted by the enforcement group of the…
MUMBAI — A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai from Thailand, Indian customs officials said. The snakes, which included 44 Indonesian pit vipers, were “concealed in checked-in baggage”,…
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has blamed smuggling and “spoiled” government officials for the almost three-year delay of his promised P20-per-kilo rice program. Speaking in Episode 1 of the BBM Podcast on Monday, the president…
MANILA – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Clark has foiled the smuggling of 178 spiderlings hidden in an air parcel and declared as “hairclips” from Indonesia. In a statement on Tuesday, acting District Collector Jairus…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Police are currently monitoring the activities of two groups believed to be behind the smuggling of illegal drugs in Central Visayas. “Right now, we are monitoring at least two groups in Central Visayas.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Enforcers here seized over P1 million worth of smuggled cigarettes inside a passenger ship docked in Pier 1 last February 8. The Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7) reported on February 11…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — In support of Governor Gwendolyn Garcia’s ‘all-out war’ against illegal drugs, the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Cebu is also trying to beef up security at the different ports under its jurisdiction. “The…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A smuggled sex toy and more than 100 rounds of ammunition were confiscated in a port in Cebu by Customs officials. The Bureau of Customs in the Port of Cebu (BOC-Port of Cebu)…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Customs officials here confiscated drums of smuggled chlorine granules worth approximately P1.5 million. The Bureau of Customs at the Port of Cebu (BOC-Port of Cebu) reported in a statement that they intercepted a…
