Smuggled cigarettes, onions seized

By Al Jacinto

Jan 24, 2023 12:12 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Police seized nearly P9 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and onions in separate operations in Zamboanga Peninsula, a regional police spokesman said.

Maj. Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, said patrolling members of the 2nd Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company and the Bureau of Customs intercepted a boat loaded with over 300 boxes of cigarettes worth more than P5 million off Tictabon Island.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Cagayan de Oro has foiled an attempt to smuggle two containers of cigarettes valued at P160 million after a spot-check examination at Mindanao Container Terminal Port, PHIVIDEC Compound, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on January 18. Photo from Bureau of Customs

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