As the price of imported garlic skyrockets on the Philippine market, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized an estimated 100 metric tons (MT) or 100,000 kilograms of smuggled garlic from Hong Kong with a rough value of P30 million at the Port of Batangas on Friday.

BOC information officer Charo Logarta said the smuggled garlic that arrived in two separate shipments on June 1 and 12, 2014 will be destroyed.

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