(UPDATE) A MOTOR tanker and several lorry trucks loaded with smuggled fuel worth at least P128 million were seized by operatives of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Subukin Port in San Juan, Batangas.

Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio said on Wednesday that the team, led by the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International Container Port (CIIS-MICP) and supported by the Philippine Coast Guard's Task Force Aduana, and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Batangas, uncovered a total of 217,000 liters of smuggled diesel.