Cops seize P15.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Cotabato

P15M alleged smuggled cigarettes seized at Cotabato checkpoint

Authorities seized alleged smuggled cigarettes worth P15.7 million at a checkpoint in Pigcawayan, Cotabato on Thursday, September 4, 2025.

Cops seize P15.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Cotabato

Policemen seized P15.7 million worth of imported cigarettes in an anti-smuggling operation in Barangay Central Panatan, Pigcawayan, Cotabato on Thursday, September 4.

P15-M cigarette smuggling foiled in N. Cotabato, 6 arrested

By Edwin Fernandez FOILED SMUGGLING. Alert police officers account for the smuggled cigarettes seized at a police checkpoint in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato on Thursday (Sept. 4, 2025). The contraband (inset), valued at PHP15 million, was hidden underneath sacks of charcoal aboard two 10-wheeler trucks bound for the Davao region (Photo courtesy of Den Banudan) PIGCAWAYAN, North Cotabato – Police authorities arrested six suspects and seized PHP15 m…