Smuggled mercury, other goods seized

Mercury is also used in the mining industry to separate gold from crushed ore.
Two years ago, President Aquino issued Executive Order No. 79 banning the use of mercury in small-scale mining.
The Philippines is a signatory to the United Nations-backed Minamata Convention, an international treaty that seeks to ban the use of the metal in over 130 countries by 2020.
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