BOC seizes over P5-M worth of smuggled firecrackers

The Bureau of Customs-Port of Manila seized an illegal shipment of firecrackers worth P5 million, which it turned over to the Philippine National Police's Firearms and Explosives Office at the latter's blasting site in Capaz, Tarlac.

According to a Saturday BOC statement, the illegal firecrackers shipment was found in a 40-foot container and was consigned to Wealth Lotus Empire Corporation.

The shipment was declared as plastic bins.

The importation violated Republic Act 7183 or An Act Regulating the Sale, Manufacture, Distribution of Firecrackers and Other Pyrotechnic Devices and Section 1113 (f) of Republic Act 10863 or CMTA (Property subject to Seizure and Forfeiture).

The container was turned over to PNP-FEO for proper disposition in accordance with Section 1146 of CMTA (Disposition of Regulated Goods). — DVM, GMA News