Higit P500-M na umano’y smuggled imported rice, nakumpiska ng BOC sa ilang warehouses

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00:00Millions of pesos worth of smuggled rice was confiscated by the Bureau of Customs in the Department of Agriculture

00:07in different warehouses in Bulacan.

00:10Some of the rice that was confiscated is of poor quality.

00:14Denise Osorio is in the center of the news.

00:19The Bureau of Customs confiscated thousands of bags of smuggled imported rice

00:25that is estimated to be worth not less than 500 million pesos.

00:29The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Services or CIIS of the Bureau of Customs,

00:35the Philippine Coast Guard and the Department of Agriculture

00:38entered and raided the Shamna Warehouse last night

00:41after the DOC received intelligence reports

00:44of smuggled bags of imported rice and others that are old.

00:51We don't know their reasons.

00:55This was smuggled here and they are still selling it to the public.

01:01According to the DOC, it is possible that the price of the rice was lowered

01:06because of the hoarding from the past years.

01:08That's why thousands of rice were stockpiled by the owners.

01:12The DOC assured that if the smuggled rice was checked and inspected,

01:16it is possible that the government will repurpose it

01:19through a donation to the Department of Social Welfare and Development or DSWD.

01:24According to our President's directive,

01:26he doesn't want to waste the rice that we smuggled.

01:29If it is fit for human consumption,

01:32he will immediately donate it.

01:35Some warehouses need to be closed and padlocked

01:38because the caretaker or owner did not open it.

01:42The DOC added that they are not only repurposing the rice,

01:46but also mixing it with local rice

01:49so that it can be sold at a higher retail value as imported rice.

01:55The rice smuggled from Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia

02:01is usually imported because they have a large supply

02:05that can be exported to other markets.

02:08The violation of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act,

02:13the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act,

02:18and the new RA-12022 or Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act

02:23are being faced by the owners of the so-called smuggled rice

02:27if there is no document that can be issued.

02:30And if the value of their smuggled rice exceeds P10 million,

02:35it has no price.

02:37Denise Osorio for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

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