THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) destroyed over the weekend nearly P600 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City upon orders of the Finance Department to intensify its crackdown on illegal trade and other forms of smuggling.
THE Bureau of Customs destroyed over the weekend nearly P600 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City upon orders of the Finance Department to intensify its crackdown on illegal trade and other forms of smuggling.Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio said on Sunday that the condemnation process was done in a Customs rented warehouse in Barangay Baliwasan.Rubio said the contraband, with an estimated market value of P595.
of the Port of Zamboanga said the cigarettes were manually shredded with a cutter, drenched in water and repeatedly crushed by a payloader in the presence of all partner agencies. They will then be disposed of in the sanitary landfill in Barangay Salaan, Zamboanga City.Sevilla said the seized cigarettes were without pertinent documents and did not undergo Customs clearance.
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