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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‘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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More than P200 million worth of tobacco products, cigarette-making machines, and raw materials were seized during a series of coordinated enforcement…
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DILG, PNP, and BOC officials hold briefing on joint Pampanga operation
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PNP Chief Jose Nartatez assures intensified raids to curb illegal cigarette operations.
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A pre-dawn checkpoint in Lanao del Sur on 14 February 2025 led to a pursuit and the seizure of suspected smuggled cigarettes valued at more than P1.4 million.
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The House Committee on Ways and Means launched an inquiry Wednesday into a massive spike in the illicit tobacco trade, with its chairman warning that the…
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Rep. Miro Quimbo, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means, led the probe into the illicit tobacco trade.
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Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. announced on Sunday that all local units have been ordered to intensify operations…
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Saturday that it confiscated more than P100 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in separate operations in…
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The Mexico, Pampanga factory producing illicit cigarettes is also suspected to be engaged in human trafficking, according to Interior and Local Government…
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Authorities have shut down an illegal cigarette manufacturing facility in Mexico, Pampanga capable of producing up to P150 million worth of cigarettes daily,…
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Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno didn’t hold back when talking about Bureau of Customs (BoC) personnel tagged in a multi-billion-peso cigarette smuggling…
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The Bureau of Customs (BoC) said it will not tolerate any officials involved in the smuggling of P1.2 billion worth of cigarettes recently seized in Batangas,…
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Authorities seized P5.6 million worth of illegal tobacco products and arrested a 43-year-old businessman during an interdiction operation in Cebu province. The…
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Lenovo unveiled a new lineup of enterprise servers, software platforms, and services designed to accelerate real-time artificial intelligence (AI) inferencing,…
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Two Chinese nationals were arrested after police seized over P8 million worth of illegal cigarettes in a checkpoint operation in Barangay Poblacion, Labrador,…
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Police seized nearly P4 million worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes following a routine checkpoint inspection in Maguindanao del Norte on Tuesday,…
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What began as a routine checkpoint turned into a major blow against smuggling when police uncovered a truckload of concealed illegal cargo in Parang,…
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