The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Davao through its Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), X-ray Inspection Project (XIP), and Enforcement Security Service (ESS) and in coordination with the Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Special Operations Group (RSOG) XI, seized 690 master cases of smuggled cigarettes with an estimated value of Php 20 million in a joint buy-bust operation on March 24, 2022, at Hagonoy, Davao del Sur.

Joint elements of the Manila International Container Port-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service Field Station (MICP-CIIS) of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), PNP Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG), Quezon City Police District (QCPD), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-National Capital Region (PDEA-NCR), and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) seized an estimated 50 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu on 23 March 2022 in Quezon City.

Bureau of Customs, through the Intelligence Group (IG) and the Manila International Container Port-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), discovered misdeclared, and undervalued Lamborghini Aventador in a physical examination conducted on 23 March 2022 at the Port.

The Bureau of Customs and Department of Finance jointly organized the 2nd Meeting of the Philippine Trade Facilitation Committee (PTFC) Technical Working Groups and PTFC Roadmap Writeshop on March 15 to 17, 2022 at the Bayleaf Intramuros, Manila.

To further enhance the risk management of the Bureau, the BOC on March 08, 2022, issues Customs Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 05-2022 with subject “Implementation of the Offense Management System (OMS) of the Bureau of Customs” which took effect on March 15, 2022.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) two (2) criminal complaints against alleged unscrupulous individuals involved in the smuggling of fuel and various household products worth P1.545 million.

Bureau of Customs-Sub-port of Iligan, headed by Coll. Nasrudin D. Guro was awarded its International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) Certification by the TUVSUD Philippines on March 21, 2022.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Davao was awarded ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) Certification by TUV SUD on March 21, 2022, at the OCOM Conference Room, South Harbor, Manila.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Cebu-Subport of Mactan foiled an attempted release of 1.5 kilograms of various flower seeds from Indonesia concealed inside a pair of sport shoes last Thursday, 17 March 2022. The importation does not have a Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import Clearance from the Bureau of Plant Industry.

Bureau of Customs, through the Intelligence Group, seized various ukay-ukay and Intellectual Property Rights infringing goods estimated to be worth P45,000,000 million in Baltao, Paranaque on March 19, 2022.