Enforcement and Security Service Quick Reaction Team (ESS-QRT) and Bocaue police seized P15.7 million fake cigarettes inside a warehouse in Bocaue, Bulacan. /BOC
MANILA, Philippines — Boxes of fake cigarettes with an estimated aggregate value of P15.7 million were confiscated by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) following an inspection at a warehouse in Bocaue, Bulacan Tuesday.
A statement from BOC on Friday reported that the BOC Enforcement and Security Service Quick Reaction Team (ESS-QRT) and Bocaue police raided the warehouse after receiving a letter of authority from Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero.
After inspection, law enforcers confiscated 246 cases containing different brands of counterfeit cigarettes.
Enforcement and Security Service Quick Reaction Team (ESS-QRT) and Bocaue police seized P15.7 million fake cigarettes inside a warehouse in Bocaue, Bulacan. /BOC
The fake items will still undergo further investigation and inventory, BOC also noted.