Illegal Cigarette Manufacturing: 9 Chinese, 4 Locals Arrested in Negros

Illegal cigarette manufacturing: 9 Chinese, 4 locals arrested in Negros

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — A cigarette manufacturing operation in a warehouse at Purok Rosas, Barangay Calumangan, Bago City, Negros Occidental, was discovered, and nine Chinese nationals and four Filipinos were arrested on Tuesday, April 21, the police said. A 10th Chinese national remains at large. The discovery was made during an inspection conducted by the Bago City Permit and Licensing Office in the warehouse of rice tra…

9 Chinese among 11 nabbed in Bago cigarette factory, Bacolod warehouse raided

• THERESA MAE DULMAN Authorities arrested nine Chinese nationals and four Filipino workers on Tuesday, following the discovery of clandestine cigarette

Cops nab 9 Chinese nationals, 4 others at ‘illegal’ cigarette manufacturing site

Nine Chinese nationals and four Filipinos were arrested after authorities discovered an alleged cigarette manufacturing warehouse in Bago City, Negros Occidental, on Tuesday morning, April 21. One Chinese national is at large, the police reported. The arrests were made during a joint inspection conducted around 10 a.m. at the warehouse of LT Besañes Trading Corp. […]