Iniimbestigahan na ngBureau of Customs (BOC) ang naiulat na pagkakadiskargang puslit na bigas na nagkakahalaga ng₱1 bilyon mula sa 20 na barko sa Port of Iloilo kamakailan.
“An investigation on the four alleged smuggled rice shipments that arrived on board 20 vessels at the Port of Iloilo is ongoing. We are still awaiting the official report on the matter from the Port of Iloilo. Coordination has been made with various public and private organizations involved in the inspection of shipments, such as the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture; Societe Generale de Surveillance (SGS), the world's leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company; and the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement/ASEAN Industrial Cooperation Scheme,” ayon kay BOC CommissionerYogi Filemon Ruiz.
Naiulat na ang 20 na barkong lulan ng kargamento ay dumating sa nasabing daungan sa pagitan ng Agosto 4 at 13.
Todo-depensa naman ang BOC-Collection District VI (Western Visayas) at itinanggi ang alegasyong sangkot sila sa pagpupuslit ng bigas.
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Idinahilan din na saklaw ng clearance at permit mula saDepartment of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry ang tinutukoy na puslit na bigas na karga ngMV Hai Ha 58, MV HOA BINH 54, at MV Hai Dang 168.
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