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BOC seizes P100-M smuggled fake goods

/ 04:25 AM March 30, 2022

Aligned with its primary mandate to collect lawful revenues for the country, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected a total of P58.158 billion against its P52.123-billion January 2022 target collection, posting a surplus of P6.035 billion or +11.58%.

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MANILA, Philippines — The (BOC) has seized some P100 million worth of smuggled counterfeit goods during a raid at a warehouse in Valenzuela City.

According to the BOC, used clothing (ukay-ukay) and other counterfeit items, including footwear of known trademarks such as Nike, Crocs, Sandugo, among others, were found at the warehouse on Rincon Road in Valenzuela City last week.

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The smuggled goods came from China and Bangladesh, the BOC said. Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation and the Armed Forces of the Philippines also joined the raid.

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In Hagonoy, Davao del Sur, BOC agents seized 690 master cases of smuggled cigarettes valued at P20 million during a buy-bust operation.

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