Cops nab 5, seize P2.9-M smuggled cigarettes in Zambo Sibugay
SHIPMENT SEIZED. Authorities seize a shipment of some PHP2.9 million worth of smuggled cigarettes Monday (September 12, 2022) at the shore of Sitio Garin-Garing, Barangay Tiayon, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. The cigarettes came from Jolo, Sulu based on the declaration of the five crew of a motorboat ferrying the contrabands.(Photo courtesy of Area Police Command-Western Mindanao) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities arrested five crewmen of a motorboat they intercepted loaded with PHP2.9 million worth of smuggled cigarettes that had just docked in Zamboanga Sibugay province, a top police official said Tue...