Customs seizes van containing corals
By Elias O. Baquero
Sun-Star Cebu News, Philippines July 10, 2003
CEBU - A warrant of seizure and detention was issued on a 40-footer van containing corals and seashells in Lapu-Lapu City.
Bureau of Customs Port of Mactan Collector Leovigildo Dayoja, who issued the warrant, said the corals and seashells were about to be exported by a Lapu-Lapu City-based company and an export firm based in Mandaue City.
Gathering and exporting of seashells and corals violate Section 2530 of the Tariff and Customs Code under Republic Act 8550, otherwise known as the Fisheries Code of 1998.
Seized by the Bureau of Customs were 314 boxes of corals, eight boxes (15 pieces per box) of helmet shells (scientific name, Cassis cornuta) or budyong and 60 boxes (25 pieces per box) of barnacles.
The corals and seashells were finished products.
By Elias O. Baquero
Sun-Star Cebu News, Philippines July 10, 2003
CEBU - A warrant of seizure and detention was issued on a 40-footer van containing corals and seashells in Lapu-Lapu City.
Bureau of Customs Port of Mactan Collector Leovigildo Dayoja, who issued the warrant, said the corals and seashells were about to be exported by a Lapu-Lapu City-based company and an export firm based in Mandaue City.
Gathering and exporting of seashells and corals violate Section 2530 of the Tariff and Customs Code under Republic Act 8550, otherwise known as the Fisheries Code of 1998.
Seized by the Bureau of Customs were 314 boxes of corals, eight boxes (15 pieces per box) of helmet shells (scientific name, Cassis cornuta) or budyong and 60 boxes (25 pieces per box) of barnacles.
The corals and seashells were finished products.
