BoC transfers Capt. Baylosis to Sulu

SPECIAL POLICE CAPTAIN Arnel A. Baylosis, who was accused by Bureau of Customs (BoC) Commissioner Nicanor E. Faeldon on Monday to have received hundreds of millions in bribes, has been reassigned to the Sub-Port of Jolo, the BoC announced in a statement yesterday. “Four

individuals who had direct transactions with him testified through affidavits that previously, since 2012, they had been giving bribe money. It’s called in the Customs

‘tara,’ amounting to at least P100-220 million monthly,” the commissioner said. The case against Mr. Baylosis has been forwarded to the Department of Justice.