11 sued in sugar smuggle try
MANILA, Philippines–The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Thursday filed smuggling complaint with the Department of Justice (DOJ) against 11 against people including seven officers of a Cebu based Freight service company, two customs brokers, a port dispatcher and a warehouse for attempting to sneak into the country 10 twenty-footer container vans of smuggled sugar from Thailand worth P10 million at the Port of Cebu on November 22, 2012.
Named in the complaint were Calorama Freight Services, Inc. (consignee) president Judith Escudero; Directors Democrito Rama, Carolina Rama, Christine Rama, Fatima Qui, Emeline Archival and Shiela Cecilia Ignacio; brokers Junrey Arreglo and Tita Austria, broker; Rodilin Solidarios, port dispatcher and Jesse Yu, warehouse owner.
The importation, allegedly misdeclared as plastic parts for eye glasses, arrived at the Port of Cebu on Nov. 22, 2012. The shipment was seized by the bureau’s Enforcement and Security Service.
In a statement, customs chief Ruffy Biazon said that the charges are also in relation to the Sugar Regulatory Administration’s Rules and Procedures.
