smuggling

Cagayan port officials want to know owners of doomed cars

TUGUEGARAO CITY — Officials of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (Ceza) want to know the owners of 855 imported vehicles, including the 14 luxury cars that were set to be destroyed on Wednesday, in the presence of…

Smuggled luxury cars to be crushed

President Duterte on Thursday announced that he would order the destruction of the seized imported luxury cars at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday. Mr. Duterte said he wanted the high-end vehicles crushed by road rollers…

Ferraris, Porsches, Benzes to be wrecked

TUGUEGARAO CITY—At least 100 imported luxury cars in a warehouse at the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport (CSEZF) in Port Irene in Santa Ana town, Cagayan province, will be crushed and destroyed, according to lawyer Raul…

Exotic cars seized at Manila port

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized on Monday P24.2 million worth of used luxury cars and steel products at Manila International Container Port (MICP). Among the recovered cars were a used 2012 Lamborghini Glardo, a 2006 Lamborghini Murcielago…

Fuel marking in 2018 to curb oil smuggling, raise P44B – DOF

MANILA — The fuel marking system eyed for implementation starting early 2018, will allow the government to collect additional revenues of up to P43.8 billion lost to smuggling each year, according to the Department of Finance. In…

Used sports car, big bikes seized at port

Customs personnel have seized a used sports car and three “big bikes” worth P3 million which were misdeclared as household and personal items by its importer. The vehicles were discovered after an X-ray check conducted at the…

BOC seizes 5 container vans of luxury vehicles

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – The Bureau of Customs seized, on Wednesday, five container vans containing imported luxury vehicles and spoiled pork meat inside the Mindanao Container Terminal in nearby Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. Alvin Enciso, chief…

Smuggling raps filed vs 2 Binondo firms

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) yesterday filed smuggling charges against two Binondo, Manila-based trading companies over the alleged illegal importation of nearly P5­million worth of mobile phones, tablets and motor vehicles. In separate cases filed in the…

Bureau of Customs foils ex-LTO chief Virginia Torres

Two years after figuring in a viral YouTube video showing her playing on a slot machine in an unnamed casino, which reportedly prompted President Benigno Aquino III to show her the door as Land Transportation Office (LTO)…

House to probe Customs, importer over luxury cars

The House of Representatives will summon to an inquiry officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the owners of Monacat Trading, which illegally brought 14 luxury vehicles into the country through the Port of Batangas. Valenzuela…