BOC intercepts unmarked fuel shipment in Batangas private port

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Corrections (BOC) on Tuesday intercepted an unmarked fuel shipment, suspected of being smuggled, in a private port in Batangas province.

The fuel was in the crude oil tanker MT Harmony Star, according to a BOC statement.

The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) tipped off the BOC field office in the Port of Batangas about the possible presence of the tanker.

BOC operatives found the tanker in a private port Barangay Mainaga in Mabini town in Batangas.

There they found two parked fuel trucks loading fuel from the vessel that was about 30 meters away from the shoreline.

In an initial test of the fuel in one truck, th…

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