The Highway Patrol Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP-HPG) ordered the relief of all its personnel involved in a raid in Bulacan where personnel of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) were then destroying smuggled cigarettes that were confiscated in a recent operation. In a statement, HPG...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said it has stepped up efforts to curb the movement of undocumented cigarette shipments by sea after a motorized boat loaded with about P6.5 million worth of suspected smuggled tobacco was intercepted off Zamboanga City. PNP Chief Police Gen. Jose Melencio C....
The Philippine National Police has intensified the surveillance operations and strengthened coordination with neighboring countries amid the continuous confiscation of smuggled goods, particularly cigarettes that usually sneaked in the country using the southern backdoor. But PNP chief Gen. Jose...
A police officer based in Zamboanga City and a businessman were arrested in Kalawit, Zamboanga del Norte on Friday, July 31, for allegedly transporting smuggled cigarettes valued at P1.8 million. The suspects were identified as Aziz, a 36-year-old businessman, and a 34-year-old patrolman....
A police officer assigned to Camp Crame, Quezon City is facing criminal and administrative charges after he was arrested in a Pagadian City checkpoint on Sunday, July 12, for alleged smuggling. Investigation said that authorities established the checkpoint in Barangay Tiguma after receiving a tip...
Nearly ₱1 billion worth of illegal cigarettes concealed in 25 container vans have been intercepted by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Mandaue City, Cebu on Thursday, July 2, marking the country’s second-largest tax collection agency’s major seizures under its intensified campaign against...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered a thorough investigation to identify and arrest the financiers and syndicates behind the P13.25 million worth of smuggled cigarettes seized in Lanao del Sur. Nartatez said he already tasked the Police...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Authorities on Wednesday intercepted a 10-wheel truck loaded with approximately P5-million worth of smuggled cigarettes and four bales of “ukay-ukay” or used clothers while about to load a roll-on, roll-off vessel from this city and bound for Siquijor. “The Jacos Transport...
Police have intensified monitoring on private ports across the country as an added intelligence-gathering measures following the confiscation of 54 container vans of cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the country through Mindanao. The huge volume of cigarettes were seized inside a...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has committed to sustain the operation against smuggled and illegally-manufactured cigarettes as authorities continue to intercept and bust distribution networks despite the series of successful operations in the past months. The aggressive drive was given focus...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) chief, said they are investigating a police officer assigned to this highly-urbanized city for allegedly protecting cigarette smuggling in Negros Island. Interior and Local Government...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) has seized P138.5 million in smuggled cigarettes in two weeks in Negros Island. PRO-NIR chief Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay vowed to sustain aggressive enforcement and strengthen their operational posture against...
