BoC: Balikbayan boxes used for drug smuggling
THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) issued an alert on Wednesday that balikbayan boxes were being used for drug smuggling by criminal syndicates.
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THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) issued an alert on Wednesday that balikbayan boxes were being used for drug smuggling by criminal syndicates.
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Customs has confiscated 132.3 kilos of dried kush valued at P158.7 million smuggled into the country in six balikbayan boxes sent from Thailand, a BOC official said yesterday.
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