Authorities nab P107-M in smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City

Cops seize P107.2-M worth of smuggled cigarettes in BARRM

The police seized in an offshore anti-smuggling operation on Wednesday, November 12, P107.2 million worth of cigarettes from Indonesia that seafarers were to deliver to contacts in seaside areas in Region 9 and in Basilan province in the Bangsamoro region.

Authorities nab P107-M in smuggled cigarettes in Zamboanga City

PAGADIAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, Philippines — Authorities in Zamboanga City intercepted two motorized vessels loaded with smuggled cigarettes in the waters off Sta. Cruz Island in Zamboanga City on Wednesday afternoon. Brigadier General Eleazar Matta, Zamboanga Peninsula Police Regional Office director, disclosed that during a seaborne patrol, the operating teams detected two suspicious motorized boats, which they later trapped and were found …