P3.2-M 'smuggled' cigarettes seized in Pagadian; suspect nabbed

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — Authorities seized an estimated P3.2 million worth of alleged smuggled cigarettes and arrested a 23-year-old man during an intelligence-driven anti-smuggling operation in Barangay Dumagoc here early Sunday morning. The operation was conducted at 1:15 a.m. in Purok Sweet Love, where law enforcers apprehended the suspect, a resident of Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur. The suspect was taken into custody for alleged violation of Republic Act No. 8424, or the National Internal Revenue Code of the Philippines. Pagadian City police chief Lt. Col. Jerwin Cagurin said the operation resulted in the confiscation of 57 master cases […]... Keep on reading: P3.2-M 'smuggled' cigarettes seized in Pagadian; suspect nabbed

Original source: Philippine Daily Inquirer