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CAVITE – Authorities seized some P28 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and collared two suspects in a buy-bust operation in Trece Martires City, on Monday, July 14. Police Regional Office 4A (PRO 4A) identified the suspects as alias Jamir, a 32-year-old resident of Carmona, and alias Bayaw, a...

Hundreds of illegally imported cigarette master cases worth an astounding P27.6 million was intercepted in Zamboanga City, the Bureau of Customs said in a report. Agents from the Customs’ water, police, and intelligence divisions led a maritime operation on Jan. 26 that led to the seizure of a...

(Unsplash)         The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed on third and final hearing the measure that seeks to institutionalize a Contraband Detection and Control System (CDCS) in penal and detention facilities across the country.  Garnering 208 affirmative...

(Unsplash)           A House bill that seeks to end the proliferation of prohibited objects inside penal, custodial, and detention facilities is being pushed for immediate passage by House Committee on Dangerous Drugs Chairman Rep. Robert Ace Barbers.  Through House...

Around 36 improvised bladed weapons and other contraband were seized by police during a surprise inspection of detention cells in the Quezon City Jail in Barangay Kamuning on Friday morning, Feb. 18. The search, dubbed as “Oplan Greyhound,” aims to halt and suppress the use and movement of...