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 – 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 - Troops seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P23 million in the sea of Sulu province on Monday, Sept. 29. The contraband was composed of 400 master cases of assorted foreign cigarettes. Authorities held the vessel used in transporting the items and five crew members. The cargo was...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P9.2 million in Laguindingan town, Misamis Oriental province following a tip from an informant on Wednesday night, Sept. 10. “After our ground force received the positive information, they immediately swooped down in a reported area and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested two people, including a police officer, and seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P16.1 million in an intelligence-driven operation here on Thursday. Police Col. Fidel Fortaleza Jr., Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) chief, withheld the identities of the...
PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato – Police arrested six suspects and seized P15- million worth of smuggled cigarettes during a routine checkpoint operation in Barangay Panatan here Thursday. In a report on Friday, Pigcawayan municipal police chief, Police Major Mark John Mutlah, said more than 300...
ILIGAN CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P16 million were intercepted by authorities in Barangay Camague here on Aug. 30. Authorities received information about the smuggling attempt and flagged down two vehicles containing the contraband that came from Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two men were arrested while their companion escaped during an operation against illegal firearms and drugs in Purok 4, Barangay Boheyakan, Lamitan City, Basilan province, on Thursday, Aug. 28. The operation was based on a search warrant targeting Jovie delos Santos for violation...
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...
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...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P103 million in Northern Mindanao from Jan. 1 to June 22. “This is a significant increase compared to the P14.5 million seized during the same period last year,” Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office chief Police...
