The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Cebu on Friday seized a shipment of misdeclared chlorine (sodium hypochlorite) valued at P 1.5 million.

The Picong Municipal Police Station turned over to the Bureau of Customs Sub-port of Iligan 20 boxes of seized illicit cigarettes on Thursday.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on July 2022 was able to collect a total of P84.424B, surpassing its target of P60.785B by P23.639B or +38.9% based on the preliminary report from the BOC Financial Service. The collection includes additional revenues from the Tax Expenditure Fund (TEF) collection of P1.128B and Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG) collection of P527.65M in the same month.

Bureau of Customs Port of Cagayan de Oro has continued its anti-smuggling operations and busted another six (6) containers of smuggled agricultural products on July 28, 2022 at Mindanao Container Terminal Port, PHIVIDEC Compound, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Clark, through its intensified border protection measures and with close coordination with the Customs Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force (CAIDTF), Enforcement & Security Service (ESS), Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), X-ray Inspection Project (XIP) & Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), seized 500 grams of Ketamine worth Php2.5-million last June 21, 2022.

In furtherance of its commitment to prevent the entry of illegal drugs, the Bureau of Customs under the leadership of Commissioner Yogi Filemon L. Ruiz, Customs – NAIA, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) conducted a controlled delivery operation on July 27, 2022, which led to the apprehension of a claimant in connection to seized Kush and Liquid Marijuana shipment.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Limay seized various used articles that were illegally withdrawn from a Freeport Registered Enterprise on July 15 and 16, 2022.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, together with the Customs Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force (CAIDTF), Enforcement & Security Service (ESS), Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), X-ray Inspection Project (XIP) & Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), seized 129 capsules of Cocaine with an estimated value of Php 731,400.00 last July 20, 2022 which were discovered inside a shipment said to contain ‘shirts’.

Immediately after the turn-over ceremony on July 25, 2022, Yogi Filemon Ruiz, the newly appointed Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner, led the inspection of the Atlas Express Padala, Inc. hub in Gerona, Tarlac to facilitate the delivery of the Balikbayan Boxes of our Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from the Middle East. Accompanying him was Mr. Joel P. Longares, the Door-to-Door Consolidators Association of the Philippines (DDCAP) President.

Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz formally assumed office as the Head of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) following the turnover ceremony at the Customs head office in Port Area, Manila on July 25, 2022.