More sugar hidden in warehouses

More sugar hidden in warehouses – DA exec

by Bella Cariaso - Catherine S. Valente

Aug 24, 2022 12:04 am

AN official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) believes that more sugar will be uncovered as the government continues to raid warehouses across the country.

Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban on Tuesday said that based on the inspection of the interagency task force composed of the Bureau of Customs (BoC), Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) and DA, the sugar stocks found in the inspected warehouses were locally produced and imported.

A BOC official inspects one of the two warehouses in Caloocan City where they discovered sacks of rice and sugar worth PHP231 million. Screengrab from BOC Video

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