{"id":19518,"date":"2026-04-09T15:22:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=19518"},"modified":"2026-04-10T01:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:45:25","slug":"cidg-men-confiscate-p5-m-substandard-foam-products-arrest-2-chinese-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/cidg-men-confiscate-p5-m-substandard-foam-products-arrest-2-chinese-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"CIDG MEN CONFISCATE P5-M SUBSTANDARD FOAM PRODUCTS, ARREST 2 CHINESE NATIONALS IN PAMPANGA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE Criminal Investigation and Detection Group\u2019s (CIDG\u2019s) intensified consumer protection campaign on April 7 resulted in the arrest of two Chinese nationals and the confiscation of more than P5 million worth of substandard \u00a0foam products in a raid at a warehouse in Minalin, Pampanga.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CIDG Regional Field Unit 3 chief Col. Grant Gollod said arrested were Chinese nationals alias \u201cSho,\u201d 29, \u00a0the alleged owner and operator of the foam business, and alias \u201cYew,\u201d 66, the firm\u2019s human resources manager.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The operation under \u201cOplan Megashopper\u201d drive was conducted based on a search warrant issued by a regional trial court against a warehouse located at CDCP Industrial Park in Bgy. Sta. Maria.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Operatives from CIDG Regional Field Unit 3, in coordination with the Pampanga Provincial Field Unit, Police Regional Office 3, and the Minalin Municipal Police Station, carried out the raid.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seized from the warehouse were various foam products and related items under the \u201cShuey Foam\u201d brand, including mattresses, bed foams, dog bed foams, and bundles of bedsheets, with an estimated market value of P5,051,130.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gollod said the confiscated items were found to be non-compliant with standards set by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), particularly on mandatory labeling requirements, in violation of Article 77 of Republic Act No. 7394 or the Consumer Act of the Philippines.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DTI representatives who witnessed the operation conducted an on-site inspection and confirmed that the products failed to meet regulatory requirements.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Investigators also found discrepancies in the company\u2019s business registration, noting that its actual operations differed from those declared in its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) documents, including a mismatch in its registered business address.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Village officials of Sta. Maria, Minalin likewise issued certification affirming that the warehouse falls within their jurisdiction, contrary to claims linking it to another barangay.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The arrested suspects were brought to the CIDG Regional Field Unit 3 office for documentation and will be charged with violation of Republic Act 7394 or the Consumer Act of the Philippines.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Authorities are also coordinating with the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to verify the legal status of the arrested foreign nationals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY KEVIN GALANG &nbsp; THE Criminal Investigation and Detection Group&rsquo;s (CIDG&rsquo;s) intensified consumer protection campaign on April 7 resulted in the arrest of two Chinese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19518"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19518"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19539,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19518\/revisions\/19539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}