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  3. BUREAU of Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno (second from left) and National Bureau of Investigation director Melvin Matibag (third from left) inspect container vans loaded with smuggled cigarettes worth an estimated P3 billion during a joint inspection at the Gothong Wharf in Mandaue City, Cebu. The seizure, carried out by the BoC, NBI and Bureau of Internal Revenue, is part of the government’s intensified crackdown on large-scale tobacco smuggling and economic sabotage.

    NBI eyes cigarette smuggling kingpins

    Authorities seize ₱3 billion worth of smuggled cigarettes in Cebu as the NBI and Bureau of Customs target businessmen allegedly behind a large-scale tobacco…

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  5. AUTHORITIES from Philippine National Police Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region discovered over P16 million worth of smuggled cigarettes hidden inside three abandoned trucks in Barangay BPS Village, Malabang, Lanao del Sur on 21 April.

    PNP probes P16.12-M cigarette haul

    Responding officers initially found the trucks loaded with coconuts, but upon further inspection, discovered boxes of cigarettes hidden beneath the cargo.

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    LGUs urged to help curb cigarette smuggling

    The National Tobacco Administration urges stronger local action against cigarette smuggling in the Philippines, citing P40–52 billion in annual revenue losses,…

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  9. POLICE intercepted a vehicle carrying suspected smuggled cigarettes in Lanao del Sur.

    PNP seizes P6.46-M smuggled cigarettes

    PNP intercepts ₱6.46M worth of smuggled cigarettes hidden in a cement mixer truck, exposing sophisticated tactics by criminal syndicates as authorities…

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  10. A BUREAU of Customs officer deploys a sniffer dog to inspect 637 cases of undeclared MAC SS brand cigarettes at the Port of Batangas, valued at approximately P235 million, as part of intensified anti-smuggling efforts under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directive to strengthen border security and protect government revenues.

    BOC seizes P235-M undeclared cigarettes

    Further verification revealed that the consignee was not authorized to import cigarettes, indicating a possible attempt to illegally bring regulated tobacco…

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  11. Pampanga cracks down on illegal cigarette ops

    Pampanga cracks down on illegal cigarette ops

    Pampanga authorities intensify crackdown on illegal cigarette operations, seizing millions in illicit products and coordinating across agencies to protect…

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  15. DEPARTMENT of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla (second from left), together with Philippine National Police Chief PGen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. and Bureau of Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno (left), leads a joint operation at an alleged unregistered cigarette manufacturing warehouse in Barangay Panipuan, San Fernando, Pampanga.

    2 CL solons probed over cigarette busts

    ‘I refused because they are still under investigation. They are persons of interest. We are still determining who is really protecting these operations.’

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