Bureau of Customs-Port of Cagayan de Oro (CDO) resumed the spot-check inspection of 19 remaining containers consigned to EMV Consumer Goods Trading on Nov. 22, 2021, at MICTSI container yard in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

Elements of the Bureau of Customs-Port of Zamboanga Enforcement and Security Service and Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service, in coordination with the Zamboanga Del Sur Maritime Police Station, seized 123 master cases of assorted smuggled cigarettes with an estimated value of Php 4.3 million in a seaborne patrol on Nov. 19, 2021.

As part of intensified joint anti-illegal drug operations, the Port of NAIA and the NAIA Inter-agency Drug Interdiction Taskgroup (NAIA-DITG) arrested the consignee of package containing 100 pieces of ecstacy tablets in Bulacan.

There was no major non-conformity found, while there were five (5) minor non-conformities and seven (7) opportunities for improvement.

To address the concerns of the stakeholders regarding port congestion and long queuing of trucks at the Manila International Container Port, Acting District Collector Romeo Allan R. Rosales, together with Atty. Edward R. Ibera, Deputy Collector for Assessment, Atty. Rey Roland F. Bergado, Chief of Formal Entry Division,

In line with the directives of Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero to further enhance ease of doing business and promote transparency, the Bureau of Customs – Port of NAIA (BOC-NAIA) headed by District Collector Carmelita M. Talusan, met with China Airlines representatives on November 16, 2021.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) X-ray Inspection Project (XIP) assured that all X-ray machines installed at various Ports of entries in Port of Davao and Sub-port of Dadiangas are fully operational. This is during an ocular inspection led by XIP Acting Head, Roberto T. Ancan and BOC Davao District Collector, Atty. Erastus Sandino B. Austria on November 10 to 12, 2021.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Davao led by District Collector, Atty. Erastus Sandino B. Austria conducted a Governance Sharing with the Task Force Davao – 10th Infantry (Agila) Division Philippine Army on November 13, 2021 at St. Ana Wharf, Davao City.

As part of the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) drive against smuggling, the BOC Intelligence Group (IG) Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Intellectual Property Division (CIIS-IPRD) and the BOC-Port of Manila (BOC-POM) seized approximately Php2.5 billion worth of counterfeit goods in an operation conducted at One Logistics Center, Taft Avenue Extension, Pasay City on November 19, 2021.

The Bureau of Customs-Port of Davao, through its Sub-port in Dadiangas, and the Philippine National Police (PNP) Municipal Police Station, Makilala North Cotabato intercepted 12,500 reams of illicit cigarettes loaded on an Isuzu Fuso Fighter truck on November 15, 2021.