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The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has raided perpetrators of illicit cigarette trade across the country, placing all regional enforcers on alert while their operations were ongoing on 378 stores in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. led a raid on Wednesday, Jan
Authorities escalated further what they dubbed as the “last quarter storm” trade enforcements against sale of illegal cigarettes in Central Luzon provinces, zeroing mostly on public market wholesale stores. Since late October, combined forces of BIR Revenue Region 4 and PNP-CIDG Region 3, had so