CAMP ALEJO SANTOS — The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group – Regional Field Unit 3 (CIDG RFU 3) successfully implemented Oplan Megashopper through the service of Search Warrant No. 105-M-2025 at Warehouse Unit B2C, Richfield Industrial Compound, Barangay Sta. Peligrina, Pulilan, Bulacan.
The operation, led by CIDG RFU 3 RSOT with the support of CIDG Bulacan PFU and Pulilan MPS, resulted in the arrest of a Chinese national warehouse manager and the seizure of 3,320 boxes containing 3,320,000 pieces of Yowant brand lighters.
The total estimated market value of the confiscated items is placed at P16,600,000. Along with the lighters, assorted delivery receipts, BIR and DTI registrations, and a digital video recorder were also recovered.
The operation stemmed from validated information provided by a concerned civilian informant regarding the unlawful trading and storage of uncertified lighters.
These products were found to be lacking the required Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) and Philippine Standard (PS) marks from the Department of Trade and Industry–Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI–BPS), in violation of the Consumer Act of the Philippines (RA 7394)
“The CIDG remains firm in its duty to protect the public against unlawful trade practices and to ensure that only safe and certified products reach Filipino consumers,” said Police Colonel Grant A Gollod, Regional Chief of CIDG RFU 3. (UnliNews Online)
