CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police intercepted 790 reams of imported fake cigarettes worth P711,000 in Mauswagon, Placer, Surigao del Norte, on Thursday, May 18. Six individuals transporting the contraband onboard a 10-wheel wing van and a motor-tricycle were apprehended. SMUGGLED fake...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga City Police Station 6 led by Police Col. Sonny Boy Perez intercepted an abandoned van containing P525,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes on Saturday, May 13, while conducting hot pursuit operations against a suspect in a shooting incident here. Police Col....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P2.5 million in a parked vehicle here on Thursday, March 16. POLICE haul boxes of smuggled cigarettes found inside a vehicle parked on Don Toribio St. in Barangay Tetuan, Zamboanga City on Thursday, March 16. (Zamboanga City LGU...
NUEVA ECIJA – A 25-year old female dealer of fake cigarettes was arrested by authorities during a buy-bust operation in Cabiao town here on Friday, Feb. 17. The buy-bust was conducted by operatives of Cabiao police in Brgy. San Vicente, Cabiao which resulted in the arrest of alias Jenny. The...
Intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized more than P90 million worth of cigarettes and sugar believed to have been smuggled into the country following an inspection on container vans at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) on Friday, Feb. 17. Newly-installed BOC...
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,...
