Cigarette manufacturer Mighty Corp. has lost its bid to have the Manila Regional Trial Court stop the Bureau of Customs from conducting raids in its warehouse of Pampanga. In a resolution dated March 23, Judge Noli C. Diaz said the Manila RTC, where Mighty filed its petition, had no territorial jurisdiction over the case. ADVERTISEMENTMighty wants the BOC to stop the implementation of the mission order issued by Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon, which authorized raids in the company’s warehouse at the San Simon Industrial Park on Quezon Road in San Simon, Pampanga. The mission order authorized customs agents only to inspect the warehouse for smuggled goods. Then, agents from the Bureau of Internal Revenue also conducted a raid on the warehouse, even if it was not part of the mission order.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 24, 2017 10:18 UTC