Bureau of Customs (BOC) is in the headline
again… with a good news.
Proving that the corruption in the Bureau
is in the past with the present Duterte administration, the men and women of
the just made a report regarding a big ticket items trying to be smuggled in
Manila.
Custom authorities reported that recently they
were able to seize two (2) 40- footer vans containing misdeclared items from
China.
The worth of the seized items from China
was pegged at around P8.98 million, which was apprehended at the port of
Manila.
The apprehended shipment were loaded with cigarettes and fireworks arrived on
different dates, said Bureau of Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña.
The cargo
containing cigarettes arrived on Feb. 21 and consigned to Paragon Platinum
International Trading Corporation with office located at unit 108, The
Centennial Bldg., 375 Escolta St., Binondo, Manila.
BOC records shows
that the importer diclosed the signing customs broker as Bernandine Miranda
resideing at 3034 Bagac St., Manuguit, Tondo, Manila.
Originally,
Paragon’s shipment was declared as brackets but upon inspection by the BOC
personnel it found out containing boxes of cigarettes worth of PHP8.2 million.
"The hidden
cigarettes were discovered by the initiative of the Office of the District
Collector through profiling," Commissioner Lapeña said in a statement.
The other
shipment was alerted to BOC only last week ( February 27) and it arrived last
year December 31,2017) The consignee on record was identified as Power Buster
Marketing with office address at Baria Compound, Paradahan 1, Tanza, Cavite.
"Upon
inspection, we discovered boxes of fireworks instead of the declaration which
is footwear," the BOC chief added.
The fireworks
will be turned over to the Philippine National Police- Firearms and Explosives
Office for proper disposition while the cigarettes will be destroyed.
The importers
will be facing cases for violation of
Section 1400 of RA 10863 or Customs Modernization and Tariff Act. The BOC has
already filed the appropriate paper work for the issuance of warrant of seizure
and detention for the misdeclared goods.
"These apprehensions are results of the enhanced
border protection of the ports and the continued suspension of the Green
Lane," BOC Commissioner Lapeña said.
Source: PNA
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