MANILA, Philippines — A former district collector of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and an ex-consultant to Philippine Airlines (PAL) have been arrested for allegedly extorting P11 million from the flag carrier to import jet fuel. The former BOC officer, lawyer John Tan, and Benjamin Sebastian, the former PAL consultant, were arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation's Anti-Organized and Transnational Crimes Division in a hotel in Manila where they received the money in an entrapment on Thursday.

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