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P5.2 million smuggled cigarettes seized in Zamboanga City

Roel Pareño - The Philippine Star
December 24, 2025 | 12:00am
P5.2 million smuggled cigarettes seized in Zamboanga City
Personnel from the Regional Special Operations Group and the city’s police station 7 reported that a closed van driver tried to evade a checkpoint Sunday midnight when asked for his license.
AFP / Yuri Cortez

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Police foiled the transport of P5.2 million worth of smuggled cigarettes during an interdiction on Sunday in Barangay Cabatangan here.

Personnel from the Regional Special Operations Group and the city’s police station 7 reported that a closed van driver tried to evade a checkpoint Sunday midnight when asked for his license.

The police officers who chased and intercepted the speeding van discovered 90 master cases of smuggled cigarettes during inspection.

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