00:00The NBI confiscated millions of pesos worth of meat, seafood, and even fish from a facility in Bulacan.
00:10It was registered as an ice factory, but smuggled products were imbued.
00:17Oscar Oida was on the scene.
00:19On the eve of the search warrant, the NBI invaded this cold storage facility in Marilao, Bulacan at 11 p.m.
00:34They knocked on the door, but no one was there.
00:37They also used a battering ram, but it didn't explode.
00:41So the agents climbed the second floor and broke one of the windows.
00:58Inside, various frozen meat products such as beef, kalapati, peking duck, and others were stored.
01:06There were frozen seafoods and exotic food such as palaka.
01:10According to the NBI, the so-called storage facility was registered as an ice factory and was not imbued with any food product.
01:19The modus operandi of the so-called cyber patrolling was broken.
01:23We intercepted a communication.
01:25It was offered to the intended clientele through their secret channel.
01:29That's where the transaction took place.
01:33Up to Php 200 million worth of products were smuggled.
01:38But the NBI did not pay the right amount.
01:42What our government is losing here is up to Php 120 million in taxes.
01:49Aside from the possible danger to the health of the people, it did not go through the investigation.
01:56It could be a disease.
01:59Particularly in poultry products, the so-called bird flu, people could get infected.
02:07Secondly, there is also beef.
02:12So, foot and mouth disease.
02:16Even though no one was caught, the NBI arrested its incorporators, two Filipinos and one Chinese national.
02:25They will be charged with agricultural smuggling.
02:28They will be subpoenaed.
02:30We will file cases and evidence warrant.
02:35I'm sure warrant of arrest shall be issued against them.
02:39Because it was issued by the warrant, the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act was changed to a law.
02:45Will they be given a different punishment if they lose the case?
02:50In the new law, it is bigger.
02:53Reclusion perpetua and a fine of x10 or x5 the amount.
03:02For GMA Integrated News, Oscar Oida, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.
03:20For GMA Integrated News, Oscar Oida, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.
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