Cop Tagged in Illegal Cigarette Production

Cop tagged in illegal cigarette production

Following the destruction of a large-scale illegal cigarette production and distribution network in Negros Occidental, the Department of the Interior and Local Government tagged a police officer as a protector of the illegal activity involving Chinese nationals.

Negros police net P138-M in illicit cigarettes, disrupt supply chain

By Nanette Guadalquiver SMUGGLED GOODS. Personnel of the Bacolod City Police Office recover PHP1.65 million worth of illicit cigarettes from an abandoned van in Barangay Pahanocoy on Wednesday (April 22, 2026). The seizure is part of a wider regional crackdown that has netted more than PHP138 million in smuggled tobacco products since early April. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City Police) BACOLOD CITY – The recovery of massive volumes of illicit c…

Bacolod: Bacolod police seize PHP 1.65 million in smuggled cigarettes

BACOLOD CITY — The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region sustained its campaign against illicit cigarettes following another interception of smuggled cigarettes worth PHP 1.65 million in Barangay Pahanocoy recently. The operation was carried out by Police Station 8, with the assistance of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, and resulted in the arrest of alias “Jun,” 56, a helper and resident of Barangay 3, Victorias City, Negros Occident…

Police major tagged as ‘protector’ of syndicate manufacturing illegal cigarettes in Negros: DILG

The Philippine National Police has successfully busted a Chinese crime syndicate engaged in the manufacture of billions of pesos worth of illegal cigarettes and the operation of E-sabong in Negros Occidental, Local Government Secretary Juanito Victor C. Remulla said Friday, April 24. “We uncovered a large criminal enterprise right here in the NIR (Negros Island […]