Tag page - Illegal cigarettes

Alleged illegal China tobacco cigarettes worth P2.7 million were confiscated from two individuals during a checkpoint operation in Pililla, Rizal on Saturday, May 23. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said a driver and a sales boy were arrested for violating Republic Act No. 9211, or...

Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), vowed to sustain the intensified intelligence-gathering against illegal cigarettes following the raids in Negros island that led to the confiscation of almost P800 million worth of tobacco products and manufacturing...

BACOLOD CITY – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) dismantled a reported large-scale illegal cigarette manufacturing and distribution network in Negros Occidental, following the discovery of almost P800-million worth of equipment, raw materials, and packaging supplies in two...

BACOLOD CITY – Authorities arrested 14 individuals, including 10 Chinese nationals and a minor, in an illegal cigarette factory in Barangay Calumangan, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, April 21. The factory was discovered during an inspection of a warehouse by the Permits and Licensing...