Authorities found greater than P100 million in allegedly smuggled agricultural merchandise in separate operations in Malabon and Manila.
According to a report by Nico Waje on “24 Oras Weekend,” The Bureau of Customs (BOC), Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) raided a chilly storage facility in Barangay Catmon, Malabon City and located over 250,000 kilos of onions, garlic, legumes, and different agricultural merchandise saved on the facility.
The produce was valued at P95 million.
According to the BOC, they acquired a tip that the produce was smuggled.
“We have seen na mga indicators na mukhang ‘di po siya dumaan properly o legally through the port,” stated BOC Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service Field Station Chief Alvin Enciso, noting that the merchandise’ packaging had no labels.
This is the fifth time they raided the storage facility.
However, the power’s Plant Manager, George Ong, stated that the power operated legally and the merchandise had been legitimately imported from China.
“Actually dumating ‘yang mga imported na ‘yan nandito yung Custom. Nakabantay yan samin 24/7 like yung import permit and business, and so on,” defined Ong.
(When the imported produce arrived, the Customs Bureau was right here. They stood watch 24/7, the import and business allow, and so forth.)
Meanwhile, the paperwork that may show that the produce was respectable had but to be offered, so the chilly storage facility was sealed by the authorities.
The house owners got fifteen days to show that the merchandise weren’t smuggled.
But if the produce was confirmed to be smuggled, authorities would confiscate the agricultural merchandise.
“We will dig deeper baka hindi lang ito mga makukuha natin baka sanga sanga na ito,” Enciso added.
(We will dig deeper. These is probably not the one objects we are going to seize, this will department out.)
Meanwhile, authorities additionally raided and briefly sealed a storage facility in Manila with over P50 Million value of agricultural merchandise. — Sherylin Untalan/DVM, GMA News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
