THE Bureau of Customs is going after warehouses in Bulacan suspected of storing imported goods without paying the correct duties and taxes with an estimated value of P5.5 billion.

In a statement on Friday, Customs chief Bienvenido Rubio said they issued a Letter of Authority (LoA) to warehouses in Meycauayan, Bulacan, where they found imported cigarettes worth P500 million and P5 billion worth of counterfeit items, including gadgets, devices and garments.

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