Navy rescues 6 trafficking in persons victims in Tawi-Tawi pna.gov.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pna.gov.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
SMUGGLED CIGARETTES. Personnel of the Bureau of Customs and Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) conduct a joint inventory of the smuggled cigarettes at the Naval Station Romulo Espaldon in Zamboanga City. Operatives of the NFWM seized the smuggled cigarettes worth PHP9.7 million while on maritime patrol Saturday (Jan. 22, 2022) off Sulade Island in Parang municipality, Sulu. (Photo courtesy of NFWM) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Operatives of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) have seized some PHP9.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes off Sulade Island in Parang, Sulu province, a top NFWM official disclosed Monday. In a statement, Rear Adm. Toribio Adaci Jr., NFWM commander, said the smuggled cigarettes were intercepted and seized Saturday some 8.4 nautical miles northwest of Sulade Island of Parang municipality. Adaci said navy men aboard Multi-Purpose Attack Craft (BA489) were conducting maritime patrol while en route to Tawi-Tawi when they chanced upon the two "jungkong-type"