Respondent/s GRINDERSTONE INTERNATIONAL TRADING / LAPUZ, Wilfredo Ong / ALCANTARA, Paul Noriel C.
Date Filed May 17,2012
Position LAPUZ is the owner/proprietor of GRINDERSTONE INTERNATIONAL TRADING while ALCANTARA is his licensed Customs broker.
Case Summary Charged are WILFREDO ONG LAPUZ owner/proprietor of GRINDERSTONE INTERNATIONAL TRADING and his licensed customs broker PAUL NORIEL C. ALCANTARA, for smuggling four twenty-footer (4x20') container vans of fireworks. The smuggled goods were misdeclared as "Tissue, Switch, Shower Curtains and Faucet" and was found to have been otherwise upon inspection.

The smuggled fireworks, which arrived at the Manila International Container Port in November 2011, are estimated to be worth Php 40 million.



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