Four criminal complaints were filed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) 
against three rice traders on September 29, after recent seizures and investigations in various warehouses in Bulacan.


Customs accuses rice traders for smuggling

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. praised the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) strong stand against smuggling during the successful turnover of P42-million worth of rice to selected government agencies and beneficiaries on Tuesday, September 19. 


Marcos cites Customs for anti-rice smuggling efforts

now being sold on Shopee?

AGRI smugglers have found a way to dispose of onions illegally sneaked into the country, according to a neophyte congressman. 

Cheap but smuggled onions

The provincial government of Laguna has raised the alarm on the alleged proliferation of imported (read: smuggled) onions allegedly being sold in public markets in the province.

Smuggled onions sold online?

In a bid to show the public that it is serious in stamping out the rampant smuggling of agricultural products, the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has initiated legal action against 12 onion importers and traders.

Cases filed vs. onion smugglers

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has outsmarted smugglers and taught them an expensive lesson with his recent move to distribute smuggled rice stocks to poor families in Zamboanga, according to Bicol Saro Partylist Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan. 


Yamsuan: President outwits smugglers with move to give seized rice stocks to poor families

Law enforcement from the Bureau of Customs (BoC) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) confiscated illegal drugs worth P47,695,283.00 from a foreign traveler who arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from Addis Ababa, BoC said on Friday.

 Gov't operatives foil cocaine smuggling at NAIA

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) intercepted on Tuesday at least 700 reams of undocumented cigarettes at the Santa Clara port in Allen, Northern Samar.

Smuggled cigarettes seized in Northern Samar

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. shared P2.5-million worth of smuggled premium quality rice with 2,000 indigenous and other beneficiaries in Iriga City, Camarines Sur last Saturday, September 23.


P2.5-M-worth smuggled premium rice shared with IPs

AFTER news broke out of the wanton sale of smuggled onions via an e-commerce platform, the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) opted to launch an investigation, even as the agency denied issuing any phytosanitary and sanitary permits necessary to import the onions.

Gov’t sets probe over sale  of smuggled onions online

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