00:00Billions of Pesos are being lost to the nation's anxiety due to the proliferation of oil, which is continuously being burned by the authorities.
00:07In Batangas, the illegal import of diesel from ships to the sea was blocked.
00:12More than 20 were arrested, including two Chinese.
00:15That is the report of Jun Veneracion.
00:17Before dawn, the Bureau of Customs, PNP-CIDG Batangas, and the Task Force Adwana of the Philippine Coast Guard tried to import the oil from San Juan, Batangas.
00:38Next is the information of smuggling or the loss of oil.
00:50They were able to import the diesel from the Motor Tanker Filiza to the Tanker Trucks.
00:57217,000 liters of diesel worth 13 million pesos were confiscated.
01:03Motor Tankers and Trucks also confiscated the oil.
01:06According to Customs, oil is being extracted in the middle of the sea.
01:11A foreign vessel is carrying the crude oil that is being imported to the Motor Tanker Filiza.
01:1626 suspects were arrested in the operation, including two Chinese.
01:22The two Chinese nationals are said to be communicating with the crew of the mother vessel that they are earning in the high seas,
01:34because the crew of the mother vessel is also Chinese.
01:39In the face of the complaint of violation of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act,
01:44those arrested, as well as the owners of ships and tanker trucks,
01:47According to the authorities, due to the growing problem of oil smuggling in the country,
01:51the government is losing billions of pesos from the export of imported oil.
01:56We still have a lot of follow-up operations, and the whole Philippines is already alerted to the arrival of smuggled items.
02:04Jun Veneration reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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