An agent in disguise from NBI-Cebdo (face blurred) checks the bales of ukay-ukay garments they confiscated throughout an operation in Mandaue Metropolis on June 6, 2024 | Contributed photograph by way of Paul Lauro
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Legislation enforcers from the Nationwide Bureau of Investigation (NBI) are searching for two Chinese language nationals accused of promoting smuggled, second-hand garments or ukay-ukay (thrift retailer in English) on-line.
The Cebu District Workplace (Cebdo) of NBI additionally raided and shut down an ukay-ukay store, with their base of operations positioned in a warehouse in Brgy. Tawason, Mandaue Metropolis, on June 6 that led to the arrest of a lady.
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In a report obtained by CDN Digital on Monday, June 10, NBI-Cebdo agent-in-charge Arnel Pura mentioned they acquired complaints from native clothes shops, alleging that an ukay-ukay has been working illegally on-line.
The store’s title was LXZ Cebu Ukay Ukay, which offered bundles of used clothings by way of social media, Pura mentioned. After weeks of doing a case build-up, brokers additionally positioned the institution’s warehouse in Brgy. Tawason, Mandaue Metropolis.
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On Might 29, they performed a ‘test-buy’ to collect extra info.
Primarily based on the 2 bales of males’s shirts and girls’s trousers they bought through the test-buy, they came upon that the garments have been smuggled into the nation from China and Korea.
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This prompted them to implement a raid by means of one other test-buy final June 6 whereby they purchased 12 bales of used clothes value P35,100.
The operation additionally led them to arrest a sure Audrey Pepino, one of many store’s custodians and who delivered the bales to the brokers below cowl. She is at the moment below custody of NBI-Cebdo.
In the meantime, Pura mentioned they recognized the house owners of the ukay-ukay retailer as Chinese language nationals Stephen So and Junya Tan.
Each So and Tan stay at giant whereas NBI-Cebdo conducts additional investigation into the incident.
The suspects might face instances for violating Republic Act No. 4653, the legislation that prohibits the business importing and promoting of used garments in relation to the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (RA 10175).
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