3,308 sacks of rice seized in Silang Cavite

Miami
April 15, 2008
Story 2: 3,308 sacks of rice seized in Silang Cavite

Policemen from Silang, Cavite led by Chief Inspector Villaflor Banawagan, conducted an inspection on the warehouses in the area and found one establishment allegedly hoarding number of sacks of rice.

According to Region 4-A CALABARZON Regional Director Chief Supt. Ricardo Padilla, he ordered his men to conduct operations or search at the warehouse on the area to possibly identify the legal and illegal warehouses and to avoid rice hoarding.

The raid happened at around 9:00 am of April 14, 2008 when the operatives of Silang, Cavite inspected the area of Barangay Maguyam, Silang, Cavite. On the report of SPO1 Jo Norman Patambang of SIlang Police Station, the people in Boardwalk Business Rental refused to be inspected.

“It is a warehouse, but they are not licenced to sell rice,” Patambang said.

On the said inspections they seized 334 bags of Thailand Rice; 3,308 bags of commercial rice; 24 cone of sacks thread; 2 weighing scale; 5,000 different empty sack bags and ninety nine 99 empty NFA sack of rice; different paraphernalia’s for repacking of rice; one record book (brown) indicated the number of mixed of NFA rice and imported rice; and one small note book indicated the number of NFA sacks they received.

The place is being rented by a couple named Melvin and Veronica Madera but they were not around during the search.

Acording to Padila, the people at the said warehouse is re-bagging the rice and will be sold as NFA rice, “With these, they will earn much more, because people will buy rice to them, thinking that they are selling NFA rice, but the truth is, those rice were commercial and they are not authorized to sell it.”

Padilla also said that they already coordinated with the National Food Authority with regards to this matter, and the NFA will be the one who will file case against the hoarders once they will be arrested.