THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Zamboanga has collected a total revenue of more than P6.7 billion for January to September 2023.

A statement released by City Public Information Office on Monday, October 9, stated that lawyer Benito Lontok reported during last week's City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) meeting that the actual collection as of September may be short from the agency's 2023 target revenue collection of P7.605 billion.

But Lontok was confident that the target can still be achieved by the end of this year.

Lontok also reported that the BOC-Port of Zamboanga had seized P1.69 billion worth of smuggled cigarettes, P71.9 million agricultural goods, P25 million fuel and other contrabands amounting to P3 million.

He said the agricultural smuggling included rice P42 million, onions P28 million, animal feeds P1.8 million and others valued at P7,500.

He said the BOC-Port of Zamboanga had conducted 66 apprehensions, of which 37 in Zamboanga City, three in Zamboanga Sibugay, six in Zamboanga del Sur, 18 in Zamboanga del Norte and two in Tawi-Tawi. (SunStar Zamboanga)