Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juanito Victor "Jonvic" Remulla on Thursday, June 18, vowed that authorities will continue running after illegal tobacco syndicates and bring those behind the trade before the courts. Remulla made the assurance as the government...
More than P70 million worth of cigarettes, believed to have been smuggled into the country through the southern backdoor, were confiscated following raids on three makeshift warehouses in a coastal area in Picong, Lanado Del Sur. Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has renewed calls for stronger safeguards for local onion farmers noting how most of them are affected by the rampant importation. Pangilinan made the call after joining officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA), Bureau of Customs (BOC), and Bureau of...
Eight individuals were arrested while an estimated P22.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes was confiscated during an anti-smuggling operation conducted by the Philippine National Police in Carmen, Davao del Norte on Thursday, June 4. Personnel of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered a thorough investigation to identify and arrest the financiers and syndicates behind the P13.25 million worth of smuggled cigarettes seized in Lanao del Sur. Nartatez said he already tasked the Police...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Authorities on Wednesday intercepted a 10-wheel truck loaded with approximately P5-million worth of smuggled cigarettes and four bales of “ukay-ukay” or used clothers while about to load a roll-on, roll-off vessel from this city and bound for Siquijor. “The Jacos Transport...
CAMP MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – Police confiscated smuggled cigarettes valued at P3.5 million and arrested a 32-year-old woman in an entrapment operation in Barangay Guimalas, Balayan, this province, on Tuesday, May 19. Police Col. Oliver Ebora, Batangas police director, identified the...
Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff, Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. on Monday, May 11, warned that smuggling, illegal trafficking, and transnational crimes now pose threats not only to the economy but also to national security as he called on customs police personnel to strengthen enforcement...
Police have intensified monitoring on private ports across the country as an added intelligence-gathering measures following the confiscation of 54 container vans of cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the country through Mindanao. The huge volume of cigarettes were seized inside a...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has committed to sustain the operation against smuggled and illegally-manufactured cigarettes as authorities continue to intercept and bust distribution networks despite the series of successful operations in the past months. The aggressive drive was given focus...
Combined maritime forces from the Philippine Navy (PN) and Philippine National Police (PNP) intercepted a motor banca carrying P52 million worth of undocumented cigarettes during a patrol operation off the coast of Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental, the PN reported on Sunday, May 3. The joint...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) chief, said they are investigating a police officer assigned to this highly-urbanized city for allegedly protecting cigarette smuggling in Negros Island. Interior and Local Government...
