Several machines used in making illegally traded cigarettes were destroyed as the Department of Finance stressed the need for heightened government vigilance against the illicit manufacture and sale of tobacco products.

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd, who led the activity, said on a statement on Friday that the destroyed contraband included units and parts of three filter maker machines, two packaging machines, and a cigarette-making machine, along with 484 master cases of various finished cigarette brands and raw materials used in making cigarettes such as filter rods, tipping papers, packaging foil, acetate tow, and other supplies.