{"id":116298,"date":"2017-09-06T03:34:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T07:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=116298"},"modified":"2017-09-06T03:35:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T07:35:18","slug":"boc-to-impose-stricter-rules-on-entry-of-imported-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/06\/boc-to-impose-stricter-rules-on-entry-of-imported-goods\/","title":{"rendered":"BOC to impose stricter rules on entry of imported goods"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Newly appointed Customs Commissioner Isidro “Sid” Lape\u00f1a (Photo: PDEA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Bureau of Customs (BOC) vowed to implement stricter measures on the entry of imported goods in the country.<\/p>\n

“We will make sure measures (are implemented). We will not allow goods imported to us will not pass through BOC undetected. Now,\u00a0kapag sinabi<\/em>\u00a0green lane, beyond question ang transactions. Big businesses.\u00a0Pero kung bago<\/em>, daan sa red lane (If these products are on the green lane, transactions will be beyond questions. But if these are new, these will pass through the red lane),” said Customs Commissioner Isidro Lape\u00f1a in a press briefing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The BOC’s green lane is for shipments of reputable companies that undergo minimal inspection while the red lane is for shipments which undergo tighter checking.<\/p>\n

“Something has to be done with the procedure. The manning of those equipment,” he said.<\/p>\n

With this, he revealed that some 70 percent of illegal drug shipments in the country passed through seaports.<\/p>\n

“There are reports we receive (from the) Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) (stating) 70 percent of bulk shipments of illegal drugs pass through the BOC,” he said.<\/p>\n

Lape\u00f1a, a former PDEA chief, noted that he will be able to immediately address the problem since he is now the head of the agency.<\/p>\n

“As head of the BOC. I think we can improve on this very, very much… I think this is also one of the reasons why I’m here. If I’m able to address the bulk shipment through the seaport\/BOC then\u00a0malaki<\/em>\u00a0reduction\u00a0magagawa<\/em>\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0supply\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0drugs (If I\u2019am able to address the bulk shipment through the seaport\/BOC, then it will greatly reduce the supply of drugs),” he said.<\/p>\n

He added that those engaged in manufacturing of illegal drugs have shifted back to bulk shipment since manufacturing has become risky because of successful raids in shabu laboratories.<\/p>\n

“Production of illegal drugs in clandestine laboratories,\u00a0iniwasan na ng<\/em>\u00a0manufacturers because it has become risky. (Manufacturers have avoided production of illegal drugs in clandestine laboratories because it has become risky.)\u00a0\u00a0So they shifted back to bulk shipment,” the BOC chief said.<\/p>\n

He added, “We have substantial number of shabu labs that we have dismantled, three, Arayat, Pampanga; Catanduanes, etcetera.\u00a0‘Yung karamihan niyan ay<\/em>\u00a0operating or about to operate,\u00a0‘yun Arayat<\/em>\u00a0but when President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (PRRD) admin started,\u00a0hinto na<\/em>. (Many of these laboratories are operating or about to operae. However, the one in Arayat and others stopped since the start of President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s administration)”<\/p>\n

With this, Lape\u00f1a acknowledged the information from their Chinese counterpart that paved the way for the seizure of the PHP6.4 billion shabu shipment from a warehouse in Valenzuela last May.<\/p>\n

“We have 604 kilos that was recovered after info from counterpart from Chinese Customs.\u00a0Kung wala (ang)<\/em>\u00a0info\u00a0na ‘yun<\/em>, we don\u2019t know\u00a0ilan ang daan (na)<\/em>\u00a0illegal drugs through our BOC (Without such information, we don\u2019t know the volume of illegal drugs that will pass through the BOC),” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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