BOC seizes smuggled red onions misdeclared as Chinese steamed buns


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Customs personnel on Thursday seized five containers of smuggled red onions misdeclared as "mantou" or Chinese steamed buns in Misamis Oriental. In a statement, the Bureau of Customs said the smuggled onions were discovered during in a spot-check inspection at the MICTSI container yard. The shipment arrived on November 13, 2021, at Mindanao Container Terminal Sub-Port in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. "After receiving a derogatory information from the Intelligence Group that the shipment may contain smuggled goods, Oliver Valiente, Chief, CIIS CDO Field Station requested District Collector Atty. Elvira Cruz to conduct a spot-check inspection against the said shipment," the BOC...