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Thursday, April 03, 2008 (Philippines)

Imported rice found in raid
UFOs OR JUST INSECTS? Argao tourism officer Alex Gonzales shows what mountaineers photographed at Balay sa Agta cave in Bry. Cunalon, Argao, Cebu. One explanation is that they are “rods” or mysterious insects (inset) that can be seen only in video. (Sun.Star Photos/Ruel Rosillo)
A JOINT team from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the National Food Authority raided a Mandaue City warehouse yesterday and found an estimated 30,000 sacks of rice imported from Vietnam that, they said, shouldn’t have been there.

The raid was not about the rice importation itself, but about the apparently illegal warehousing activity, said Atty. Ernesto Macabare of the NBI.

Businessman Regan King, who confirmed owning the shipment in a separate interview, said the rice importation and its storage at the warehouse were above-board.

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