Charge Torres, Customs chief dared

The Anakpawis party-list on Saturday challenged a Bureau of Customs official to file a smuggling case against former Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Virginia Torres for attempting to negotiate the release of at least 64 containers loaded with smuggled sugar worth P100 million that was intercepted in August this year.

“Customs Chief (Alberto) Lina should walk his talk and file immediately a criminal complaint against Torres and her two companions which are obviously part of a group partaking in the illegal sugar trade. If they were not part of a sugar smuggling activity, why would they want to arrange the release of the containers knowing that these are smuggled sugar?” Rep. Fernando Hicap said in a statement.