Customs, PCG join hands in anti-smuggling, border control patrol missions
Through a memorandum of agreement, the Customs bureau tapped the Coast Guard to assist them in manning and operating the patrol boats, which are under procurement process.
The Coast Guard will share its technical expertise in operating and navigating the floating assets by providing training support to personnel tasked to man the patrol boats. Each fast boat shall be manned by nine crew members, composed of five Customs personnel and four Coast Guard non-officers, who will complete the small boat operation and management course .
Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said the organizations’ joint effort aims to “uphold security, peace, and order within the maritime jurisdiction of the Philippines” by preventing Customs fraud and smuggling incidents.
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