MANILA, Philippines — Around P900 million worth of smuggled imported cigarettes and other general merchandise, including intellectual property rights (IPR) infringing goods, were seized in a warehouse in Bulacan, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) announced on Monday. The BOC said that the smuggled goods were seized during an inspection last Friday, May 26. It said a quick inventory of the goods currently ongoing showed that the illicit cigarettes found already amounted to P50 million. 'The team inspected the warehouses and found them to contain imported illicit cigarettes, and other imported general merchandise, housewares, kitchenwares, and IPR-infringing goods,' BOC Commissioner Bien Rubio said in a statement.

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