Bureau of Customs seized PHP605.29 million worth of smuggled cigarettes from China and Vietnam in a warehouse raid in Bulacan on Wednesday, 27 August 2025. Boxes of illicit cigarettes were presented to the media by Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno inside Warehouse 6 of the Phil-Asia Industrial Compound in Plaridel town. The contraband was intercepted by the Manila International Container Port’s Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (MICP-CIIS), led by chief Alvin Enciso. John Carlo Magallon
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P605M smuggled cigarettes from China and Vietnam seized in Bulacan

Author : John Carlo Magallon
Bureau of Customs seized PHP605.29 million worth of smuggled cigarettes from China and Vietnam in a warehouse raid in Bulacan on Wednesday, 27 August 2025. Boxes of illicit cigarettes were presented to the media by Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno inside Warehouse 6 of the Phil-Asia Industrial Compound in Plaridel town. The contraband was intercepted by the Manila International Container Port’s Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (MICP-CIIS), led by chief Alvin Enciso.
Bureau of Customs seized PHP605.29 million worth of smuggled cigarettes from China and Vietnam in a warehouse raid in Bulacan on Wednesday, 27 August 2025. Boxes of illicit cigarettes were presented to the media by Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno inside Warehouse 6 of the Phil-Asia Industrial Compound in Plaridel town. The contraband was intercepted by the Manila International Container Port’s Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (MICP-CIIS), led by chief Alvin Enciso.
Bureau of Customs seized PHP605.29 million worth of smuggled cigarettes from China and Vietnam in a warehouse raid in Bulacan on Wednesday, 27 August 2025. Boxes of illicit cigarettes were presented to the media by Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno inside Warehouse 6 of the Phil-Asia Industrial Compound in Plaridel town. The contraband was intercepted by the Manila International Container Port’s Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (MICP-CIIS), led by chief Alvin Enciso.