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CONTRABAND. A cop inspects the boxes containing PHP5.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes that were confiscated from five suspects on a motorboat in Barangay Tigtabon, Zamboanga City on Saturday (Jan. 21, 2023). The shipment reportedly came from the town of Jolo in Sulu province. (Courtesy of 2ZCMFC) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities have arrested five people and seized some PHP5.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes near an island village here early Saturday. Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said the suspects were on a motorboat when apprehend...

SMUGGLED CIGARETTES. A police dog sniffs boxes of cigarettes seized by joint police and Bureau of Customs operatives in Zamboanga City on Friday afternoon (Oct. 8, 2021). The 137 master cases of the smuggled items worth PHP4.7 million and the eight crewmen of two motorboats reportedly bound for Cotabato City are under Customs custody. (Photo courtesy of the ZCPO-PIO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Policemen and Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives here seized some PHP4.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested eight suspects, a top police official announced Saturday. Col. Rexmel Reyes, Zamboanga Cit...