Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 13) — Authorities have seized a total ₱19 million worth of smuggled sugar at the Manila International Container Port.
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A Department of Agriculture (DA) statement said the five-container cargo was placed on hold order last Nov. 29.
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It was initially declared as insulators, surge arresters, slippers outsoles, and styrene butadiene rubber.
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The shipment was then confiscated on Jan. 11 after the cargo was found to be refined cane sugar.
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