MICP disposes of P120-M worth of smuggled, fake cigarettes

The Manila International Container Port (MICP) disposed of four 40-foot containers of smuggled and fake cigarettes, valued at P120 million, at a Porac-Pampanga condemnation facility, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said in a Saturday statement.

The containers were seized over violations of Section 117 in relation to Section 1113 of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) and other relative National Tobacco Administration (NTA) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) rules and regulations.

The cigarettes were part of the P219.6 million worth of apprehensions the MICP made in 2020, with the biggest haul being the July 24 apprehension of 6,249 master cases of undeclared cigarettes valued at P186.9 million. — DVM, GMA News