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21,000 kilograms of smuggled chlorine seized in Cebu

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CEBU CITY, Philippines -- Customs officials here confiscated drums of smuggled chlorine granules worth approximately P1.5 million. The Bureau of Customs at the Port of Cebu (BOC-Port of Cebu)

Drums containing chlorine granules were intercepted at the Port of Cebu on August 5, 2022. The smuggled shipment was worth around P1.5 million. | Photo from BOC-Port of Cebu

The BOC said that they received information that the shipment in question might have been falsified because it did not contain calcium carbonate. “The misdeclaration would have resulted in the loss of P199,241.06 in duties and taxes,” said BOC-Port of Cebu.“District Collector Charlito Martin R. Mendoza immediately issued a Warrant of Seizure and Detention against the shipment after finding probable cause for misdeclaration in violation of Section 1113 , , and in relation to Section 1400 of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act,” they added.

 

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