A total of 1,996 unpaid and abandoned balikbayan boxes have been distributed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to their intended recipients since July this year, 1,667 of which were delivered while 329 boxes were picked up by consignees at designated warehouses.

The Bureau of Customs-Port of Zamboanga (BOC-POZ) seized P8M worth of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City on November 2.

The Bureau of Customs–Port of Clark, with operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), seized 588 grams of high-grade marijuana or kush and liquid marijuana contained in 45 pieces of Vape Cartridge, with an estimated value of P925,000.00 and arrested its claimant in Parañaque City.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected a total revenue of P75.5 billion in October based on a preliminary report, sustaining its positive collection trend under the leadership of Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz.

Officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Davao and Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian visited a durian farm for talks on ways to assist industry players in the export process for the product and boost overall agricultural export to China.

The Bureau of Customs–Port of Clark, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), seized 448 grams of Kush marijuana worth at least P672,000 on October 11.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Davao recently met with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) Davao to discuss the latter’s modernization plans at the Davao International Airport (DIA), including the improvements of BOC’s Airport Operations Unit.

Another illegal drugs courier from South Africa attempting to bring in P92.24M worth of shabu was nabbed by the joint operatives of Bureau of Customs (BOC), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) in NAIA Terminal 3, Pasay city on October 28, 2022.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC ) – Port of Cebu welcomed last Thursday the newly-installed Philippine National Police-Regional Office 7 (PNP 7) Director PBGen. Roderick Augustus Alba who paid a courtesy visit to District Collector Charlito Martin Mendoza.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Cebu has recently met with officials of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 7 to discuss collaborative measures to prevent the smuggling of illegal drugs into the country.