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Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat — July 15, 2025 — In a sustained crackdown on smuggling, joint police operatives intercepted a vehicle carrying suspected smuggled cigarettes during a checkpoint operation in Barangay…
LAMBAYONG, Sultan Kudarat (July 13, 2025) — Authorities apprehended two individuals — one of them an active police officer — for transporting undocumented cigarettes in an early morning anti-smuggling operation…
Isabela City, Basilan — July 10, 2025 — Authorities intercepted a boat carrying smuggled cigarettes worth approximately ₱14.5 million off the coast of Brgy. Luuk Button, Malamawi Island, early Thursday…
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Authorities intercepted more than 200 boxes of imported cigarettes believed to be smuggled from Indonesia in a maritime operation conducted by the Philippine Navy in the…
COTABATO CITY — Authorities seized multiple cartons of smuggled cigarettes during an operation conducted at around 10:30 a.m. on July 11, 2025, inside the Mega Market. The operation was led…
By July 9, 2025 | Cagayan de Oro City CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan de Oro City – Authorities from Police Regional Office 10 (PRO10) intercepted an estimated ₱240,000 worth of smuggled…
Davao City, July 5, 2025 — A 50-year-old businesswoman was arrested after a failed attempt to smuggle ₱669,501 worth of cigarettes into Davao City by allegedly bribing checkpoint personnel at…
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested two suspects and seized some PHP25 million worth of smuggled cigarettes during a checkpoint operation along R.T. Lim Boulevard in Barangay Baliwasan on Monday morning,…
Davao City – July 3, 2025 — In a major anti-smuggling operation, authorities from the Police Regional Office 11 (PRO 11) confiscated ₱8.62 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Barangay…
ZAMBOANGA CITY — In a sweeping two-day crackdown during the first week of July 2025, Police Regional Office 9 (PRO 9) intensified its campaign against smuggling in the Zamboanga Peninsula,…