Police arrests 3, seizes over P600,000 smuggled cigarettes

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AUTHORITIES arrested three individuals and seized P657,804 worth of smuggled cigarettes in separate anti-smuggling operations in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay.Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula Director Police Brigadier General Bowenn Joey Masauding said on Thursday, October 3, 2024, that three people were arrested due to possession of smuggled cigarettes.The arrested individuals include a 46-year-old truck driver, a 51-year-old truck man, and a 33-year-old tricycle driver.

He said eight master cases of assorted smuggled cigarettes worth P458,400 were seized from the suspects. All items were transported to the Imelda Municipal Police Station for proper documentation and disposition.The tricycle driver, meanwhile, was caught transporting smuggled cigarettes in a separate checkpoint operation around 11:25 p.m., Tuesday, October 1, along the national highway in Purok 19 in Poblacion Village, Buug, Zamboanga Sibugay.

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