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...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Soldiers recovered smuggled cigarettes valued at P27.7 million in the sea of Basilan province on Tuesday. The Naval Task Force 61 of the Armed Forces Western Mindanao Naval Command stopped a motor banca near Amoyloi Reef in Ungkaya Pukan during a routine patrol operation. The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Some P17-million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized during an operation by Philippine Navy personnel in the sea of Basilan province on Monday, Oct. 20. A Western Mindanao Naval Command vessel detected a suspicious fishing vessel marked F/B Guess and immediately conducted...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A motorboat loaded with smuggled cigarettes valued at P1.5 million capsized after it was intercepted by Philippine Navy personnel in the sea between Zamboanga City and Basilan province on Sunday. The Armed Forces Western Mindanao Naval Command detected and pursued a suspicious...
BACOLOD CITY – A 42-year-old truck driver and his helper were arrested and smuggled cigarettes worth P11.1 million were seized in Barangay Talaban, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Oct. 4. The suspects were residents of Zamboanga City and Jolo, Sulu. Police sighted two individuals...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth P9 million bound for Ipil municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province were intercepted by Naval Command forces in the sea of Panamao, Sulu on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Naval Command personnel were conducting seaborne patrol on board the BRP Hermenegildo Yurong...
ILOILO CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P57 million were recovered in Belison town, Antique province on Saturday, Sept. 20. Seven suspected smugglers were apprehended. Three trucks loaded with 1,142 boxes or 576,020 packs of illicit cigarettes were intercepted in the anti-smuggling operation...
