ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police recovered smuggled cigarettes valued at P15.8 million during a maritime security patrol in the sea of Manalipa Island here on Friday, Nov. 7. Lawmen noticed a motorboat making suspicious maneuvers and decided to investigate. An inspection of the boat revealed 226 boxes of...
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 – Soldiers recovered smuggled cigarettes valued at P27.7 million in the sea of Basilan province on Tuesday. The Naval Task Force 61 of the Armed Forces Western Mindanao Naval Command stopped a motor banca near Amoyloi Reef in Ungkaya Pukan during a routine patrol operation. The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Some P17-million worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized during an operation by Philippine Navy personnel in the sea of Basilan province on Monday, Oct. 20. A Western Mindanao Naval Command vessel detected a suspicious fishing vessel marked F/B Guess and immediately conducted...
A Batangas court has convicted two men for selling and distributing counterfeit cigarettes, underscoring the government’s continuing efforts to combat illicit tobacco trade across the country. In a decision from September 2025, the Regional Trial Court of Lipa City found Gilmor Catapang and...
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...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth P9 million bound for Ipil municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province were intercepted by Naval Command forces in the sea of Panamao, Sulu on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Naval Command personnel were conducting seaborne patrol on board the BRP Hermenegildo Yurong...
ILOILO CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P57 million were recovered in Belison town, Antique province on Saturday, Sept. 20. Seven suspected smugglers were apprehended. Three trucks loaded with 1,142 boxes or 576,020 packs of illicit cigarettes were intercepted in the anti-smuggling operation...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police discovered an abandoned motorboat loaded with smuggled cigarettes valued at more than P25 million here on Friday, Sept. 12. Authorities were conducting seaborne patrol when they chanced upon a blue jungkung with marking "MAKHFIYYAN" in the vicinity of Sacol Island and...
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...
