ZAMBOANGA CITY: A local policeman was arrested along with his civilian cohort for selling smuggled cigarettes to an undercover agent in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, officials said Wednesday.

BGen. Neil Alinsangan, the regional police chief, said Cpl. Abdul Michael Ladja, 36, and Edward Charles Brown, 28, were nabbed by members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU) and the municipal police in the village of Culo in Molave town.

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