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.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cebu uncovered smuggled white onions concealed in a shipment of “kimchi” from China with an estimated value of Php998,700.00.

The Bureau of Customs-Port of Clark, under the leadership of District Collector Atty. Ricardo Uy Morales II, CESE, together with the Customs Anti-Illegal Drugs Task Force (CAIDTF), X-ray Inspection Project (XIP), and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), seized P4.347 million worth of Shabu last July 3, 2023.

Consistent to its mandate in protecting the borders against prohibited drugs, the BOC Port of Clark, under the leadership of District Collector Ricardo Uy Morales II, CESE, uncovered 614 grams of Shabu with an estimated value of P4.237 million concealed inside two oven toasters last June 27, 2023.

The Bureau of Customs collected P74.861 billion in duties and taxes in June, exceeding by P140 million its assigned target of 74.721 billion for the month.

Based on the report from the Bureau of Treasury, the BOC’s June collection brought the agency’s total collections from January to June to P434.169 billion which is higher by P13.505 billion or 3.21% more than the P420.66 billion assigned revenue target.

As part of the strengthened campaign of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) against illegal drugs, BOC – Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), in collaboration with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG), arrested a female Canadian passenger found with shabu concealed as Truffle Chocolate Balls inside her check-in baggage.

As part of the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) strengthened campaign against illegal drugs, BOC Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), in collaboration with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG), arrested a claimant of parcel containing 1,460 grams of raw ecstacy.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), in cooperation with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), renewed its commitment to re-establish the Philippines Customs Laboratory (PCL).

The Philippine Bureau of Customs joins the 141st / 142nd World Customs Organization (WCO) Council Meeting, along with the Customs Commissioners of the 155 WCO member countries, starting June 22, 2023 at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.