CLARK FREEPORT The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have recently prevented the smuggling of items worth 190-million
Along with the Department of Agriculture (DA), SBMA and BOC inspected 60 containers loaded with 30,000 sacks of misdeclared refined sugar worth 150-million.
District Collector Maritess Martin said the agency is set to issue a warrant of seizure and detention (WSD) against the subject containers for violation of Section 1400, in relation to Section 1113 (f) of the Republic Act 10863 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA), and Sugar Regulatory Authority and BOC Joint Memorandum Order No. 04-2002.
“Aside from the 58 containers, we also examined two containers of squid rings inside several misdeclared assorted frozen meat products that costs around ?40 million. We will also issue a WSD against the two containers with misdeclared frozen meat for violation of pertinent provisions of the CMTA,” Martin said.
Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio and SBMA Chairman Rolen Paulino lauded the efforts of the BOC personnel foiling the attempt to smuggle 150-million worth of misdeclared sugar, along with the P40-million worth of misdeclared frozen products.