The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has received an Unmodified Opinion, also known as an Unqualified Opinion, on its Financial Statements. This is the highest evaluation granted by the Commission on Audit (COA) to government agencies, indicating strong internal controls and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the Financial Statements. This recognition demonstrates the BOC’s full compliance with the International Public Sector Accounting Standards.

DAVAO CITY – Customs Collection District XII, together with the Naval Forces, seized illegally imported cigarettes worth PHP 18.25 Million Pesos during a joint maritime patrol on July 9, 2023 around 10:30 pm in the vicinity of Brgy. Camudmud, Island Garden City of Samal.

The Bureau of Customs-Port of Zamboanga (BOC-POZ) confiscated P7.3 million worth of smuggled cigarettes along the waters of Brgy. Manalipa, Zamboanga City, on July 8, 2023.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, under the leadership of District Collector Atty. Ricardo Uy Morales II, CESE, remains firm in its mandate to combat illegal drug smuggling.

As part of the intensified joint operation of the Bureau of Customs-Legazpi through its Customs Border Protection Team (CBPT) and the Philippine Coast Guard-Sorsogon, a total of 42 bales of ‘Ukay-Ukay’ with an estimated market value of Php 500,000 were intercepted on different occasions while conducting paneling of buses and other vehicles at Matnog, Sorsogon.

A team from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) uncovered P35 million worth of spoiled assorted meat products in a warehouse in Meycauayan, Bulacan on July 11, 2023.

Pursuant to a Letter of Authority signed by Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio, the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Intelligence Group (CIIS-IG) raided a car dealer in Barangay Ugong, Pasig City.

The Bureau of Customs-Port of Clark, under the supervision of its District Collector, Atty. Ricardo Uy Morales II, CESE, in coordination with Customs Anti-Illegal Drugs Task Force (CAIDTF) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region III, arrested the claimant of the seized shipment containing P3.160 million worth of Shabu in Makati City.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), Sub-Port of General Santos, successfully seized 1,368 reams of assorted cigarettes with an estimated value of Php 684,000 on July 4, 2023, in Polomolok, South Cotabato.

The Bureau of Customs-Port of Clark, under the leadership of the District Collector, Atty. Ricardo Uy Morales II, CESE, once again prevented an attempt to smuggle illegal drugs as it seized 626 grams of Shabu with an estimated value of P4.319 million concealed in a shipment of bread toaster from Arizona, USA.