The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS), filed three criminal complaints before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against alleged violators of Customs laws.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cagayan de Oro (CDO) seized one (1) container of counterfeit goods declared as “Garments (Trousers)” from Bangladesh with an appraised value of PhP 48.9 million at the Sub-Port of Mindanao Container Terminal, Tagoloan in Misamis Oriental on February 24.

The Bureau of Customs Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA), the Enforcement and Security Service (ESS), and the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) arrested a Korean passenger carrying undeclared foreign currency amounting to USD 167,300 or about Php 9.196 million on March 17, 2023, at NAIA Terminal 1.

Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio, with BOC Intelligence Group Deputy Commissioner Juvymax Uy, inspected a shipment from Guinea, Africa said to contain spare parts on March 20, 2023, at the Pair Cargo Warehouse in Pasay City.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Subic, through the BOC Intelligence Group (IG) headed by Deputy Commissioner Juvymax R. Uy and Enforcement Group (EG) headed by Deputy Commissioner Teddy Sandy S. Raval, on March 15 apprehended thirty (30) 20-footer containers of misdeclared sugar from Hong Kong with an estimated value of PhP 86 million.

Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio gathered the stakeholders of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Stakeholders’ Night event to recognize their contributions to fulfilling the Bureau’s mandates and present his plans and programs for the agency.

A series of raids of seven warehouses or cold storage facilities by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Friday, March 17, 2023, yielded an estimated P120 million worth of suspected smuggled poultry and seafood products.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), under the directive of Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio, heightened its campaign against agricultural smuggling. As a result, the BOC seized various smuggled agricultural products and filed criminal cases before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against unscrupulous importers.

Representatives from the Nike Asia Pacific paid a courtesy visit to Bureau of Customs – Intelligence Group (BOC-IG) Deputy Commissioner Juvymax Uy on March 9 to commend the agency on their recent successful seizures of counterfeit footwear through the implementation of Letters of Authority against violators of Intellectual Property (IP) rights.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), led by the Intelligence Group, recently confiscated counterfeit cigarettes in Sulu, aligned with the Bureau’s intensified efforts to foil contraband items in the country.