AMONG other functions, some of the former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) players hired by the Bureau of Customs (BoC) were performing intelligence work that effectively helped the bureau in law enforcement.

“Why are EJ [Edward Joseph] Feihl and some of the PBA players in the intelligence [service]? They do not know anything about intelligence. That is precisely why they are there. Why? Because nobody expects them to be gathering information for the bureau,” Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon said in a media briefing on Friday.

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