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Customs seizes P156.4-m smuggled cigarettes in Davao

The Bureau of Customs has seized smuggled cigarettes worth about P156.4 million as part of the government’s intensified crackdown on illicit trade in excisable...

PNP seizes P6.46-m smuggled cigarettes hidden in cement mixer

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has launched an investigation to trace the origin and distribution network behind P6.46 million worth of smuggled cigarettes seized...

Navy nabs ₱260-m worth of smuggled cigarettes in Mindanao

The Philippine Navy’s Western Mindanao Naval Command (WMNC), through Naval Task Force 61, intercepted an estimated ₱260 million worth of smuggled foreign cigarettes in...

BOC destroys P235m cigarettes in Davao

The Bureau of Customs–Port of Davao has destroyed smuggled cigarettes worth about P235 million as part of the government’s intensified campaign against illicit trade. The...

Warehouse closure

Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval and city administrator Alexander Rosete padlock a privately owned warehouse in barangay Maysilo reportedly being used for storage of...

Customs intercepts alleged smuggled cigarettes in Bataan

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized an estimated P105.575 million worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes in Bataan during the first working week of 2026,...

PNP-BOC team foils P97.4-m smuggling bid in Maguindanao

A joint Philippine National Police (PNP)-Bureau of Customs (BOC) operation has led to the seizure of smuggled cigarettes valued at nearly ₱97.5 million in...

Huge haul

Philippine National Police acting chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., along with Highway Patrol Group director Brig. Gen. Hansel Marantan and Customs deputy...

A line in the sand: Why the P143-m cigarette seizure matters

“The PNP is no longer open for ‘negotiations’” When we talk about “law and order,” it’s easy to get lost in the statistics of arrests...

Contraband

Some P143 million in suspected undocumented and smuggled cigarettes, loaded in two trailer trucks and intercepted along G. Araneta Avenue in Quezon City, are...

WMNC confiscates P372-m smuggled cigarettes off Basilan

THE Philippine Navy’s Western Mindanao Naval Command (WMNC) seized more than ₱372 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in two separate operations last week, bringing...

Navy seizes ₱43.5M in smuggled cigarettes off Davao del Sur

The Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao (NFEM) on Wednesday intercepted a motor launch loaded with ₱43.5 million worth of undocumented foreign-brand cigarettes off the coast...

Navy seizes P27.8-m smuggled cigarettes off Basilan

The Philippine Navy has confiscated some ₱27.8 million worth of smuggled cigarettes from a motorized banca intercepted off the coast of Basilan last week. Elements...

Seized Smuggled Cigarettes

The Philippine Navy’s Western Mindanao Naval Command makes a big haul of smuggled cigarettes seized from a fishing boat intercepted off Basilan Island in...
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