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...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized fake cigarettes valued at P1.1 million from a 57-year-old businessman before dawn here on Saturday, October 12. The Iloilo City Police Office identified the suspect as Rogel from Lapuz District. POLICE recovered fake cigarettes valued at more than P1.1 million in...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police confiscated fake cigarettes valued at P1.6 million from two individuals in an entrapment operation on Thursday morning, January 11, in Barangay San Carlos, Rosario, Batangas. COUNTERFEIT cigarettes worth P1.6 million were seized on Thursday morning in Rosario,...
Police authorities arrested a “big-time” syndicate dealer supplying counterfeit and smuggled cigarettes in the CALABARZON areas Monday afternoon, Sept. 11, in Barangay Poblacion, Padre Garcia, Batangas and confiscated P800,000 worth of illicit items. Authorities seize counterfeit and...
CAVITE – Authorities collared a man for selling counterfeit cigarettes at the parking lot of a mall in Bacoor City on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Cavite Provincial Field Unit conducted an entrapment operation against the suspect, identified as Aaron L....
Various seized goods such as counterfeit cigarettes and smuggled cars worth P763 million were destroyed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) via backhoe-thrashing. CRUSHED--Seized smuggled and counterfeit items amounting to P763 million were disposed off by the Bureau of Customs. (Photo courtesy of the...
