BOC insists it auctioned off only tapioca starch, not shabu

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) said that what it auctioned off last month was a shipment of tapioca starch and not methamphetamine hydrochloride (locally…

Criminal cases filed against perpetrators of P46M smuggling bids

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed criminal charges against six individuals involved in smuggling various items and contraband worth a total of P46.42…

Customs foils shabu shipment worth P1.8B

The Bureau of Customs-Manila International Container Port (MICP) intercepted ‪on Friday night a shipment from China containing 276 packs of methamphetamine (shabu) weighing a…

BOC temporarily under military

President Rodrigo Duterte said the Philippine military will take over operations at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) as he reiterated that all officials and…

Guerrero excited, but apprehensive over appointment as BOC commissioner

Rey Leonardo Guerrero said he is excited but “may konting (with a little) apprehension” following his appointment as the country’s new customs commissioner. In…

Lapeña: Drug controversy a “stage drama” possibly concocted by drug syndicates

Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña pointed to drug syndicates as possibly behind allegations that the Bureau of Customs (BOC) let slip crystal methamphetamine (shabu) shipments…

Lapeña still has Duterte’s trust

Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña continues to enjoy the full trust of President Rodrigo Duterte despite the brewing issue of P6.8 billion worth of illegal…

BOC orders opening of abandoned containers following shabu shipment slip

Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has ordered the opening of all abandoned containers at Manila ports after P6.8 billion worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) shipments apparently slipped…

Customs seizes P133M in illegal drugs at NAIA, Clark airport 

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intercepted 17.96 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) and 1.03 kilos of marijuana estimated to be worth P133.6 million…

BOC seizes P120.36-M worth of shabu misdeclared as chair, stools 

The Bureau of Customs-Port of Clark seized on June 7 at least 17.7 kilos of shabu, with an estimated street value of P120.36 million,…

BOC Clark seizes P74.8M worth of illegal drugs

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Clark has intercepted 11.5 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) with an estimated street value of P74.8…

BOC, PDEA arrests yield P20M shabu

A joint operation of the Bureau of Customs, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group on April…

BOC seizes P10M worth of illegal drugs shipped with toys

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) around P10 million worth of illegal drugs seized in…

P57.5M worth of shabu declared as toys found at NAIA

Two shipments containing 11.5 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) worth P57.5 million were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on separate occasions at…

BOC uncovers shabu lab concealed in a Cagayan warehouse

Agents of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) serving a warrant of seizure and detention (WSD) for three vessels in a compound in Cagayan…

P8M shabu package nabbed from 2 suspected drug couriers at NAIA

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has apprehended two alleged members of drug syndicates as they attempted to get a package at the Federal…