Customs seizes more smuggled garlic
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) intensifies its drive against the illegal entry of agricultural products in the country as it seized an estimated 125 metric tons or 125,000 kilograms of smuggled garlic at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) worth over P37-Million.
BOC issued a Warrant of Seizure and Detention on five (5) 40-foot refrigerated container vans of garlic that arrived in the country without a Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) Import Clearance or Permit from the Department of Agriculture (DA). Importing garlic without the proper import permits from the DA is in violation of Presidential Decree No. 1433 (Promulgating the Plant Quarantine Law of 1978, thereby Revising and Consolidating Existing Plant Quarantine Laws to Further Improve and Strengthen Service of the Bureau of Plant Industry), which states that traders who wish to import agricultural products must first secure permits from the DA.
Related Posts
Customs seizes P120-M worth of smuggled cigarettes seized in Tawi-Tawi
More than P120 million worth of smuggled cigarettes were recently intercepted in...
Huge quantity of liquor seized from Muzaffarpur and Arwal
The oil tanker was intercepted at Saraiya toll plaza. During inspection, the...
Hong Kong Customs to work with Guangdong counterparts to crack down on cigarette smuggling
Hong Kong Customs will seek help from their mainland counterparts to investigate...
Smuggling bids foiled, gold worth Rs 2cr seized
Kozhikode: Customs air intelligence unit (AIU) foiled six attempts to smuggle...

