Boats loaded with contraband intercepted

By Al Jacinto

Jul 11, 2022 12:00 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Police and Customs officers intercepted two motorboats loaded with some P8.9 million worth of smuggled cigarettes off a coastal village in Zamboanga City, officials said on Saturday, July 9.

Officials said nine boatmen, mostly from the southern province of Sulu, were also arrested on smuggling charges after failing to present legal documents for hundreds of boxes of assorted cigarette brands.

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