CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Police recovered smuggled cigarettes valued at over P1.1 million and arrested two individuals in an entrapment operation in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City, this province, on Saturday. The Dagupan City Police Office reported that the suspects, both drivers, are a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Maritime Police Station seized 1,106 reams of smuggled cigarettes valued at P1.5 million here on Thursday, Jan. 22. The contraband was recovered from an unidentified passenger during port security operations and random baggage inspections. These are in line...
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Police intercepted a truck containing boxes of suspected smuggled cigarettes worth over P8 million in a checkpoint in Labrador, Pangasinan on Wednesday night. In an interview on Thursday, Police Major Divina Albino, chief of the Police Regional Office-1 information office,...
CEBU CITY – Cigarettes deemed illegal for not having the required graphic health warning labels were seized in Madridejos town, Cebu province on Wednesday, Jan. 21. A man, identified as Anthony, was arrested during the operation after he was caught in the act of selling the contraband estimated...
BATANGAS CITY – Police discovered P1-billion worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes loaded in 14 40-foot container vans in Sitio Singko, Barangay Balete, this city, on Wednesday morning. Lawmen recovered the contraband after tracking a stolen red Hyundai Accent with license plates NGN-6169...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P4.3 million from a van that tried to evade a checkpoint on the bypass road here on Sunday, Dec. 21. Acting on a tip from a confidential informant, law enforcers set up a checkpoint to intercept a closed van suspected of carrying...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police seized P21-million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested one suspect during an anti-smuggling operation on Sunday, Nov. 30. Police Brig. Gen. Edwin Quilates, Police Regional Office-9 director, said operatives intercepted a wing van at the local port containing 300...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard-Southern Negros Occidental intercepted around 100 boxes of assorted smuggled cigarettes at Old Pantalan in Barangay Cartagena, Sipalay City before dawn on Thursday morning, Nov. 27. According to Lt. Junior Grade James Carbajosa, commander of PCG-Southern...
COTABATO CITY – Alert police officers arrested one of their own in Lanao del Sur for transporting over P1.9-million worth of smuggled cigarettes before dawn Thursday. Police Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson for the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR), identified the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police intercepted two vessels transporting undocumented cigarettes on Wednesday, Nov.12, in the sea of Santa Cruz Island, a popular tourist destination here. The Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company Seaborne was conducting joint seaborne patrol with the Regional Mobile Unit 9,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police recovered smuggled cigarettes valued at P15.8 million during a maritime security patrol in the sea of Manalipa Island here on Friday, Nov. 7. Lawmen noticed a motorboat making suspicious maneuvers and decided to investigate. An inspection of the boat revealed 226 boxes of...
BUTUAN CITY – Police intercepted a truck loaded with smuggled cigarettes worth P8 million in Sultan Naga Dimaporo town, Lanao del Norte province on Thursday, Nov. 6. The 29-year-old driver failed to present a Certificate of Registration and was issued a Temporary Operator’s Permit (TOP). The...
