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Police seize P15.8 million smuggled cigarettes
Authorities in Zamboanga City seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P15.8 million during an anti-smuggling operation off Manalipa Island.
The operation, led by the Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9), intercepted a wooden boat carrying 226 large boxes of Indonesian-made cigarettes.
Brig. Gen. Eleazar P. Matta stated that the seized cigarettes are in PRO-9 custody and will be turned over to the Bureau of Customs for proper disposition.
The boat was reportedly en route to deliver the contraband to buyers on Manalipa Island and beachfront areas in Zamboanga City.
Information from tipsters was crucial in the success of the operation.
In addition to the cigarettes, two unlicensed caliber .30 M1 Garand rifles were discovered in the captain's cabin.
The crew of the impounded boat are now detained and undergoing interrogation.
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