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DA, BOC SEIZE SMUGGLED AGRI GOODS AT SUBIC PORT

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. led various agencies in inspecting 10 container vans flagged on suspicion they are loaded with smuggled agricultural commodities, potentially the biggest single seizure under the newly enacted Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act. The Bureau of Customs clarified the total of flagged containers van is 52, not 59 as initially reported […]

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DA, BOC, SBMA FOIL SUGAR SMUGGLING AT SUBIC PORT

Consistent with the policy directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to bolster the government’s campaign against agricultural smuggling, the Department of Agriculture-Inspectorate and Enforcement Office led the inspection of 58 container vans offloaded at the Port of Subic, which were placed on alert mode. The operation conducted recently in partnership with the Bureau of Customs (BOC), […]