THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Friday, November 17, that a big-time onion smuggler responsible for the illegal trade of 30 containers of onions was arrested in Batangas.

According to the DA, it was on Wednesday when the alleged smuggler, Jayson de Roxas Taculog, was taken into custody by the police for breaking Republic Act (RA) 10845, which defines large-scale agricultural smuggling as economic sabotage.

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