THE Bureau of Customs (B0C) is not lowering its guard down amid insinuations that the leadership has given the go-signal to the “everything goes policy” for the remaining five months of the Aquino admin-istration, primarily for purposes of raising funds for the administration candidates in the May 2016 elec-tions.
“Our bureau’s anti-smuggling drive, as shown by the exemplary and strengthened teamwork exhibit-ed by our intelligence and enforcement groups with our new district collectors, should serve as a re-minder to smugglers that illicit trade in the bureau will be prosecuted in accordance with the law. It’s no longer business as usual. The bureau is working with various government agencies to make sure smuggling is addressed with an iron hand,” Commissioner Alberto Lina on Friday said.
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