CUSTOMS Commissioner Alberto Lina on Friday vowed to implement the edict originally issued by his close buddy, former Commissioner Angelito Alvarez, which tightened the rules on transshipment.

The move was a measure to prevent a repeat of an incident that happened more than four years ago wherein around 2,000 container vans of highly taxable goods worth at least P3.6 billion went missing without a trace while being transported to the Port of Batangas.

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