SOME P8 million worth of smuggled rice were intercepted off the coast of Maluso, Basilan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Tuesday.

Joint elements of the PCG and the military intercepted a motor launch, the R/J Express, that was carrying the illegal shipment, said Lt. Cmdr. Arman Balilo, Coast Guard spokesman.

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