Stricter monitoring of private ports sought after seizure of 'smuggled' cigarettes in Agusan del Norte

Stricter monitoring of private ports sought after seizure of 'smuggled' cigarettes in Agusan del Norte

Police have intensified monitoring on private ports across the country as an added intelligence-gathering measures following the confiscation of 54 container vans of cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the country through Mindanao.The huge volume of cigarettes were seized inside a private port in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte on May 8, following confirmed intelligence reports from the police and the Bureau of Customs of the arrival of con…