Some 24,950 reams of allegedly smuggled cigarettes valued at P19 million have been confiscated from a motorized boat sailing off Sta. Cruz town in Davao del Sur, the Bureau of Customs said.
The BOC-Water Patrol Division spotted motor vessel “Amiesha” with its cargo covered with tarpaulin, the agency said in a statement, adding that during inspection, the boat crew members failed to present to authorities legal documents for its cargo prompting the confiscation of its load.The BOC, however, did not disclose when the seizure of the smuggled products happened.
The 499 master cases of allegedly smuggled cigarettes, according to the bureau, were confiscated in violation of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act of 2016.
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