BUTUAN CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P7 million in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental on Monday, Aug. 11. Two suspected smugglers were apprehended. “The 40-year-old driver and his 25-year-old helper, both residents of Misamis Oriental province, are now under tactical...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Armed Forces Western Mindanao Naval Command, in collaboration with the Bureau of Customs, recently intercepted a vessel allegedly carrying P13-million worth of undocumented cigarettes in the sea of Sulu province. Authorities held the motorboat with markings Rhomar Khayri...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) confiscated firearms from three suspected members of a gun smuggling syndicate during an operation here on Wednesday, Aug. 6. NBI-9 Director Jose Ermie A. Monsanto identified the suspects as Alfahad Sampang Hayidini, 27; Nurhakim...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P12.5 million and a gun and ammunition were seized in a checkpoint in Sulu province on Wednesday, July 30. The Luuk Municipal Police Station was conducting checkpoint operations when they flagged down three vehicles suspected of transporting illegal...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega confirmed on Monday, July 28, that a Filipino was sentenced to 18 years in prison in Ireland for drug trafficking charges. The official confirmed the Irish Special Criminal Court’s decision that recently came out on social media...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities intercepted thousands of liters of smuggled fuel aboard a motorized banca during a seaborne operation in Tawi-Tawi province last Sunday, July 20. The composite team flagged down an unmarked motorized banca off the coast of Bongao and upon inspection, 30 drums with a...
CAVITE – Authorities seized some P28 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and collared two suspects in a buy-bust operation in Trece Martires City, on Monday, July 14. Police Regional Office 4A (PRO 4A) identified the suspects as alias Jamir, a 32-year-old resident of Carmona, and alias Bayaw, a...
CEBU CITY – Sacks of suspected smuggled rice worth P38 million were seized from a warehouse in Barangay San Roque, Talisay City, Cebu on Wednesday afternoon, July 9. Led by Frederick D. Go, Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs, the operation led to the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested two men and seized a shipment of smuggled cigarettes worth P25 million in an operation in this city on Monday morning. Police Col. Fidel Fortaleza Jr., chief of the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO), identified the suspects as Vicente Garcia, 33, driver;...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes worth nearly P5 million in Iligan City on Wednesday, July 2. “The smuggled cigarettes were bound for distribution in Cagayan de Oro City when intercepted by personnel from the Traffic Enforcement Unit of the Iligan City Police Office (ICPO) and...
BACOLOD CITY - Authorities confiscated 149 boxes of smuggled cigarettes valued at P8.38 million here on Wednesday morning, July 2. Police Major Kent Jerek Capadosa, acting commander of the Maritime Police 4th Special Operations Unit, said police responded to a report about a suspicious vessel and...
President Marcos appointed a new Customs commissioner because he wanted better service to the people, transparency, and a more intense fight against smuggling, Malacañang said. While Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro did not elaborate the reason for the...
