Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized some P3 million worth of cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the country. In a statement, the BOC said the 103 boxes of cigarettes were confiscated after the vehicle that was supposed to transport the contraband was flagged down in a...
BACOLOD CITY – Police intercepted 133 boxes of smuggled cigarettes valued at P2 million in Barangay Isio, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Feb. 12. POLICE seized more than 100 boxes of allegedly smuggled cigarettes worth P2 million from three persons in Barangay Isio, Cauayan, Negros...
ZARAGOZA, Nueva Ecija – Police seized counterfeit cigarettes worth P360,000 from three individuals in this province on Friday, Feb. 10. FAKE cigarettes valued at P360,000 were seized in Nueva Ecija last week. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) Col. Richard V. Caballero, Nueva Ecija police chief, said...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Some P7.6-million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized from a boat intercepted in the vicinity of Sta. Cruz Island in Zamboanga City at dawn Tuesday, Feb. 7. Zamboanga Second Mobile Force Company and Bureau of Customs personnel were conducting seaborne patrol when they...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The police operatives confiscated a total of P750,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes during an intel-driven police operation at Zone 3, Barangay Bulua in this city on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Authorities place a total of P750,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes inside a jeep after they...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) conducted on Tuesday, Jan. 24, simultaneous raids of businesses that are allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes. BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui, Jr. and Deputy for Operations Maridur Rosario spearheaded the operation in Metro Manila with surprise inspections of...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has raided perpetrators of illicit cigarette trade across the country, placing all regional enforcers on alert while their operations were ongoing on 378 stores in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. led a raid on Wednesday, Jan. 25,...
Police arrested seven lawbreakers and seized suspected shabu and contraband cigarettes worth a total of P24,000 during anti-criminality operations in Nueva Ecija on Saturday, Jan. 21. CONTRABAND cigarettes seized from three men in Nueva Ecija. (Photo via Liezle Inigo) Col. Richard Caballero, acting...
Authorities escalated further what they dubbed as the “last quarter storm” trade enforcements against sale of illegal cigarettes in Central Luzon provinces, zeroing mostly on public market wholesale stores. Since late October, combined forces of BIR Revenue Region 4 and PNP-CIDG Region 3,...
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) seized more than P260,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes following the arrest of two people allegedly selling them in Palawan. Nabbed were Jayrahz Tuibeo Velasco, 33; and, Diosdado Cruses Lagbas, 51. They were collared after CIDG...
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) confiscated almost P200,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes following the arrest of three people in an entrapment operation in Iligan City. Nabbed were Joharei Ambaco Mangutara, 22; Abdul Jalil Ambaco Mangutara, 29; and Mansawi Lumna...
CAVITE – Authorities collared a man for selling counterfeit cigarettes at the parking lot of a mall in Bacoor City on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Cavite Provincial Field Unit conducted an entrapment operation against the suspect, identified as Aaron L....
