Smuggling

2023 - 3 - 27

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Ilocandia backs bill against tobacco smuggling (Philstar.com)

The entire Ilocos region, which includes the Marcos bailiwick of Ilocos Norte, has expressed full support for the House of Representatives-approved bill ...

also expressed dismay at how these cheap illicit cigarettes have been hurting the local tobacco industry, apart from their problem of dwindling farmers. The measure penalizes unlawful importation of tobacco, both in raw and finished products. “We’re always at the losing end. Migs Nograles, whose family hails from Davao City in Mindanao where tobacco smuggling is reportedly rampant. It included tobacco in agricultural smuggling, making it an economic sabotage that will carry “no bail” for offenders. We collect so much taxes from tobacco, and yet we have these smuggling activities.

Cigarette smuggling siphons off taxes that fund health care – solon (INQUIRER.net)

MANILA, Philippines — Cigarette smuggling causes the government to lose an estimated P30 billion to P60 billion to excise taxes, according to Ilocos Sur ...

So with this bill, they are including tobacco as part of the agri commodities,” she said. “Tobacco is one of the main industries too. Candon City is home to 1,500 tobacco farmers who depend on the crop for livelihood. But their profits were not what they used to be,” Singson said. “The excise tax on cigarettes is P170 billion. That where it all goes,” Candon City Mayor Eric Singson said in Filipino,

NTA supports legislation vs smuggling of tobacco | BusinessMirror ... (Business Mirror)

THE National Tobacco Administration (NTA) has showed support to proposed anti-tobacco smuggling bills. In a statement, the government body said it is ...

In a statement, the government body said it is “strongly supporting” the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 1812 and House Bill (HB) 3917. Thus, the NTA said, it is in solidarity with the proponents of the proposed measures as these would solutions to the curbing of tobacco smuggling and illicit tobacco trading/agricultural smuggling in the country. The NTA said that the tobacco industry in the country continues to dominate the agricultural, economic social and political aspects of the country.

Police arrest trio for smuggling drugs in snack boxes (Korea JoongAng Daily)

Three people accused of smuggling drugs into Korea from Hawaii by disguising them in snack packages were arrested Monday.

The suspect is refusing to answer how these drugs were obtained, police said. They sent the package to an empty house to avoid being detected by the authorities. The purchasers picked up the boxes later.

Correctional officer arrested for smuggling drugs into private prison ... (KSAT San Antonio)

A correctional officer for a private prison in Karnes County was arrested Friday in connection with smuggling contraband and narcotics into the facility, ...

KCDF is a medium-security level private prison located in Karnes City. The private prison operated by the GEO Group opened in 2012 and has a capacity of 679 inmates. SAN ANTONIO – A correctional officer for a private prison in Karnes County was arrested Friday in connection with smuggling contraband and narcotics into the facility, the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas said.

Man Attempts Smuggling 239 CPUs Worth $50K into China (Tom's Hardware)

A smuggler taped 239 Intel Raptor Lake CPUs around his waist and tried to enter China, but go caught.

Similarly, in December, 2022, authorities discovered a woman who had concealed [202 Intel CPUs and nine iPhones](https://www.tomshardware.com/news/smuggler-hid-over-200-alder-lake-cpus-in-fake-silicone-belly) inside a fake belly. [84 Kingston-branded NVMe SSDs into China taped inside a scooter](https://www.tomshardware.com/news/man-smuggles-84-ssds-in-scooter). A mainland passenger wearing loose black clothes entered mainland China through a 'nothing to declare' corridor and attracted the attention of customs officers with his abnormal look and bloated appearance.