Police seized around P600,000 worth of what they described as substandard cigarettes following the arrest of five people in an entrapment operation in Valenzuela City on Friday, April 4. Police Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III, director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), said the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested three suspected smugglers and seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P2.8 million in a warehouse here on Tuesday, April 1. Police Col. Melvin Laguros, maritime police chief here, identified the suspects as Joveven Tanazao, van driver Jerome S....
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-10 confiscated smuggled cigarettes valued at P15.2 million in an abandoned house in Barangay Piraka, Sultan Naga Dimaporo town, Lanao del Norte province, on Wednesday, March 26. A confidential informant reported the presence of the contraband in the...
BUTUAN CITY – Police recovered smuggled cigarettes valued at more than P6.8 million in Barangay Piraka, Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte province on Sunday night, March 16. POLICE secure smuggled cigarettes valued at P6.8 million in Lanao del Norte. (FB) Lawmen were patrolling the area...
(Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard / Coast Guard Station Manila) Authorities have confiscated P16.9 million worth of allegedly smuggled cigarettes during an inspection in Manila on Friday, March 14. Joint teams from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Bureau...
As smuggled cigarettes continue to flood the country, farmers’ groups have warned that their livelihood is under severe threat due to the surge of illicit tobacco products in the market, coupled with high excise taxes that have made it difficult for local growers to compete. In a...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's Office) House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has hailed the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for taking stern action on the alleged resale of seized smuggled...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has commenced the nationwide destruction of confiscated untaxed cigarettes valued at ₱2.1 billion. The operation, which runs from today until the end of the month, aims to eliminate illicit tobacco products and prevent them from re-entering the market. BIR...
BACOLOD CITY – Police confiscated 77 reams of illicit cigarettes valued at P51,000 from a vendor in a buy-bust operation in a public market in Barangay 1, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 1. A 20-year-old man and illicit cigarettes valued at P50,700 were seized in a...
photo: CIDG Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) seized more than P11.6 million worth of smuggled...
CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan de Oro City – Police seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P7.92 million in a checkpoint in Damulog town, Bukidnon province on Monday afternoon, Jan. 20. “Our ground troops were implementing the Commission on Elections gun ban when they intercepted the smuggled...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Senator Win Gatchalian raised the proverbial alarm over the rising smoking prevalence in the country and the worsening illicit tobacco trade amid the rapid decline in excise tax revenue collection. “This is a cause for concern that has triggered this...
