BOC: Heads to roll over resale of seized cigarettes

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will cooperate with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)'s probe into the alleged attempt to resell the P270 million worth of contraband cigarettes seized in Capas, Tarlac last Feb. 20.

- EVELYN MACAIRAN

The BOC warned that "heads will roll" after the NBI said it is suspecting that Customs personnel are involved in the foiled racket.

"I already instructed the Intelligence Group's Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service to look into this matter and report to me immediately. The NBI has our full cooperation and I promise that anyone found involved in this will be held accountable. Heads will roll," BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio said in a statement.

"We are an open book. Anything the NBI needs from us, we'll be committed and eager to provide access to them," he added.

It was reported that two men, not from the BOC, were arrested for their alleged involvement in the scheme.