The combined forces of various Philippine National Police components in Zamboanga City and the Bureau of Customs held three land and sea enforcement operations in the city and confiscated over P5-million worth of smuggled cigarettes. PART of the contraband cigarette brands seized in the sea of...
Authorities confiscate boxes of allegedly smuggled cigarettes worth P1..84 million from Indonesian watercraft KM Pejuang Devisa 2 off Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Sept. 14, 2023. (Photo by Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao) The Philippine Navy (PN) said on Saturday, Sept. 16, that it has intercepted...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 confiscated smuggled cigarettes worth P80,000 loaded on a motorcycle with sidecar in Barangay Quirino, Madrid, Surigao del Sur, on Sunday, September 10. Police arrested the motorcycle driver after he failed to present documents...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth nearly P3 million were intercepted in the sea of Tumalutap Island here on Monday night, September 11. These contrabands onboard a wooden watercraft marked FB Ommayah 3 were intercepted by members of the Zamboanga Second Mobile Group. The vessel had...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police seized smuggled cigarettes worth P10.5 million and arrested suspected smugglers in a buy-bust operation in Balayan, Batangas, on August 30. Police Regional Office 4-A director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces identified the suspects as Benigno Alvarez,...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Authorities have intensified anti-smuggling operations following the seizure of 1,700 reams of smuggled cigarettes loaded in three mini-van cargo trucks estimated to be worth P19 million in a military checkpoint in Barangay Bawing, this city, last week. Col. Ruben...
BACOLOD CITY – Two men were arrested for transporting smuggled cigarettes worth P200,000 in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the suspects as Omair Dirindigun, 25, and Sacaroding Sarip, 21, residents of Barangay 5, San Carlos City. Police Major Ryan Villasario, deputy...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Internal Revenue seized 252 cases of smuggled cigarettes worth P4 million in Barangay 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 13....
The Philippine Navy (PN) has intercepted a “jungkung” vessel or fishing boat (FB) which carried P13.8 million worth of allegedly smuggled cigarettes off the Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte over the weekend. (Photo: *Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao, Philippine Navy) * Commodore...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Some P7.1-million worth of smuggled cigarettes were intercepted in Zamboanga City on Saturday, July 8. SOME P7.1-million worth of smuggled cigarettes on their way to Pagadian from Sulu were intercepted in Zamboanga City on Saturday, July 8. (2nd ZCMFC photo) The smuggled...
A Zamboanga City police officer was arrested during an entrapment operation and anti-smuggling operation on Tuesday, July 4, in Molave, Zamboanga del Sur. Police Major Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 Public Information Officer, identified the suspect as Police Corporal Abdul Michael...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard arrested two Indonesians for transporting smuggled cigarettes onboard a motorized banca in Maasin, Sarangani on Saturday, May 6. Capt. Mitch Ursabia, Coast Guard District Southern Mindanao spokesperson, said Fadli Machamud and Fajar Antari...
