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...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested two people, including a police officer, and seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P16.1 million in an intelligence-driven operation here on Thursday. Police Col. Fidel Fortaleza Jr., Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) chief, withheld the identities of the...
PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato – Police arrested six suspects and seized P15- million worth of smuggled cigarettes during a routine checkpoint operation in Barangay Panatan here Thursday. In a report on Friday, Pigcawayan municipal police chief, Police Major Mark John Mutlah, said more than 300...
ILIGAN CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P16 million were intercepted by authorities in Barangay Camague here on Aug. 30. Authorities received information about the smuggling attempt and flagged down two vehicles containing the contraband that came from Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Police seized P9.4-million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Santa Cruz Island here on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Lawmen were conducting seaborne patrol when they detected a suspicious motorized boat via radar. The vessel marked Under Armor was inspected and found to be loaded with 165 cases...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P7 million in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental on Monday, Aug. 11. Two suspected smugglers were apprehended. “The 40-year-old driver and his 25-year-old helper, both residents of Misamis Oriental province, are now under tactical...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Armed Forces Western Mindanao Naval Command, in collaboration with the Bureau of Customs, recently intercepted a vessel allegedly carrying P13-million worth of undocumented cigarettes in the sea of Sulu province. Authorities held the motorboat with markings Rhomar Khayri...
The Taguig police warned the public against using a cigarette locally known as “Tuklaw” that contains high levels of nicotine. The warning was issued after an incident near an elementary school in Barangay Central Signal in Taguig last Aug. 1 where a man experienced seizure-like symptoms...