The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group (AOCG) and the Port of Manila (POM), continues to implement measures and work closely with its stakeholders in ensuring that effective trade facilitation programs and practices are in place.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, in 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), uncovered 35 grams of Kush Marijuana with an estimated value of Php52,500.00 inside eight (8) canisters and arrested its claimant on Sept.13 in Malabon City.

Agents of the Bureau of Customs-Manila International Container Port (BOC-MICP), through the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) and the Enforcement and Security Service-Quick Response Team (ESS-QRT), together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Intelligence Service Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP), the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG), and the National Intelligence and Security Force (NISF), inspected several warehouses of sugar in Meycauayan, Bulacan on September 8, 2022.

The Presiding Judge of the 3rd Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Orion-Pilar, Bataan convicted four (4) individuals on Sept. 9 who were found transporting smuggled rice in Orion, Bataan.

The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) expressed its full support and cooperation with the Bureau of Customs in curbing money laundering and terrorist financing in the country, as announced in a meeting between AMLC Executive Director Matthew David and Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz on Sept. 6.

Bureau of Customs, Port of Davao, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency XI (PDEA), Seaport Interdiction Unit, and the Davao City Police Office (DCPO), intercepted a luxury car misdeclared as used automobile parts in a joint physical examination conducted on September 1, 2022.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) surpassed its target collection for the 8th consecutive time this year.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Cebu foiled an attempt to release 60 bales of used clothing or “ukay-ukay” concealed in a shipment of household goods and personal effects on Aug. 23.

The Bureau of Customs –Port of Clark in Pampanga province, Customs Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force (CAIDTF), Enforcement & Security Service, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service, X-ray Inspection Project, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), intercepted 535.6 grams of Ketamine valued at P2.67 million hidden under polycarbonate sheets on August 18.

A composite team of agents from the Bureau of Customs Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service, the Enforcement and Security Service-Quick Response Team of the Manila International Container Port, and Armed Forces of the Philippines, inspected the La Perla Sugar Export Corporation sugar warehouse in Quezon City on Aug. 23.