00:00Boxes of illegal vape products were seized by the NBI in an operation in Paranaque with concerns that young people may be the main target of these sales.
00:10Two men were caught in the act transporting unauthorized items lacking proper approval from government agencies.
00:17Isaiah Mirafuentes narrates the story.
00:30The National Bureau of Investigation or NBI cornered this man beside well-known hotel in Paranaque.
00:36They were carrying a truck loaded with boxes of unregulated vape products.
00:40They were supposed to sell these vape products to a buyer they met online.
00:44The two men were arrested after being caught in the act transporting these illegal products.
01:00What's worse is that most of their customers might be young people.
01:08That's a great possibility.
01:11Based on the information that we had talked about during the debriefing, there are a lot of involved in their vape products.
01:21Over 3.3 million pesos worth of vape products were seized by the NBI from the suspects.
01:26The products had no tax stamps, which means they were not approved by the Bureau of Internal Revenue or BIR and the Department of Trade and Industry or DTI.
01:34These were flavored vapes, all of which, according to the DTI, are illegal.
01:39Flavored vapes are believed to attract young people.
01:41The suspects sold these products online and their sales reached customers nationwide.
01:46The NBI is still determining the source of the contraband.
01:49Isaiah Mirafuentes from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
