00:00In Batangas in Cote, the 26 individuals in Batangas, including the two Chinese, were involved in the smuggling of oil.
00:11That's 100,000 liters of what is estimated to be worth 13 million pesos, according to the June Federation.
00:21Customs troops, Coast Guard, and PNP-CIDG tried to enter San Juan, Batangas earlier this morning.
00:33A report was received that smuggling of oil was taking place.
00:41The smuggling of diesel from the motor tanker Filiza to the lined up tanker trucks was caught on the spot.
00:57217,000 liters of oil, worth 13 million pesos, were confiscated.
01:03Motor tankers and trucks were also confiscated.
01:0526 were arrested in the operation, including the two Chinese nationals.
01:10According to the information received by Customs, smuggling was taking place in the middle of the sea,
01:15where the crew of a foreign vessel was transferred to the motor tanker Filiza.
01:21The two Chinese nationals are said to be the communicators or negotiators of the crew of the mother vessel
01:30that they see in the high seas because the crew of the mother vessel is also Chinese.
01:39Among the complaints of those arrested,
01:42the owner of the vessel and the tanker trucks is accused of violating the Customs Modernization Anti-Theft Act.
01:48This is just the beginning. We still have a lot of follow-up operations.
01:51The entire Philippines is alerted to the arrival of smuggled items.
01:57For GMA Integrated News, I'm Jon Vanaras, Signing off, 24 Hours.
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