BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region recovered smuggled cigarettes valued at P25 million in Barangay To-oy, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Monday, April 13. A suspected smuggler, Geo, 43, of Barangay Masulog, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, was arrested. Police...
The Philippine Navy (PN) said Sunday, April 12, that it has seized an estimated P64 million worth of alleged smuggled cigarettes off Sulu during one of its recent maritime patrol operations in the restive southern waters. Personnel of the Western Mindanao Naval Command’s (WMNC) Naval Task Force...
Nearly P2 billion worth of smuggled and counterfeit products were seized over the weekend in what the Philippine National Police (PNP) described as proof of the power of unified law enforcement among government agencies. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said the back-to-back raids in...
The sweet and fragrant smell coming out of an establishment in Valenzuela City may have betrayed the P700 million worth of imported perfumes believed to have been smuggled into the country during police surveillance operation. As a result, around P700 million worth of imported perfumes were...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Western Mindanao Naval Command recovered more than P64-million worth of smuggled cigarettes during routine maritime patrol operations in Sulu. Authorities stopped the vessel, MB Princess Zia, on Wednesday, April 8, 1.2 nautical miles southeast of Marungas Island, for an...
Authorities intercepted a marine tanker loaded with smuggled diesel fuel worth P41.1 million in the municipal waters of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental on Thursday night, April 9. Two crew – the 71-year-old vessel captain and 63-year-old chief mate – are facing charges for violating Republic Act...
DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Customs has seized 182,821 reams of smuggled cigarettes valued at P156 million in Mindanao. Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno, with the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, the Police Regional Office-11, and the Davao City Police Office, inspected...
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu was discovered in a bundle of kangkong (water spinach) in a district jail in Kalibo, the provincial capital of Aklan province, on Easter Sunday. Authorities found the contraband from a 17-year-old boy delivering ingredients for sinigang (Filipino sour soup) during an...
ILIGAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P50 million on Maundy Thursday in Sitio Turugan, Barangay Dinaig Proper, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte. A total of 1,170 cases of illicit cigarettes were left behind by...
Senators on Thursday, March 26 prodded the Department of Agriculture (DA) anew to address the rampant agricultural smuggling and its sloppy response on onion importation, which is pushing Filipino farmers to the brink. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson pushed for concrete...
House Deputy Majority Leader Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luigi Villafuerte is championing the Philippine National Police 's (PNP) plan to tap drones in its anti-smuggling and other anti-crime operations within forested and coastal villages. Villafuerte said this pitch, which came...
COTABATO CITY – Police officers in Matanog, Maguindanao del Norte, on Tuesday intercepted an attempt to smuggle P6.4-million worth of imported cigarettes hidden by two men inside a cement mixer truck. Police Brig. Gen. Jaysen de Guzman, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous...
