BOC busts smuggled ivermectin | Inquirer News

BOC busts smuggled ivermectin

/ 05:10 AM May 07, 2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported on Thursday that it seized a shipment containing undeclared regulated medicines, including some 20,000 ivermectin capsules, from New Delhi, India, at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

The bureau said in a statement that importer Finstad Inc. declared the shipment, valued at P1.13 million, as “food supplements, multivitamins, and multimineral capsules.”

The ivermectin capsules were concealed beneath the declared items, it added.

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The BOC stressed that while it was committed to expediting the processing and release of COVID-19 vaccines, drugs, and other medical supplies, it would remain vigilant in curbing all attempts to smuggle unregistered, undeclared or misdeclared goods without the necessary permits.

—TINA G. SANTOS

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