Authorities inspect the 57 master cases of suspected smuggled cigarettes worth some P3.2 million seized during an anti-smuggling operation in Barangay Dumagoc, Pagadian City early Sunday, May 17. A 23-year-old suspect was arrested during the operation. (Photo courtesy of Pagadian City PNP)
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.
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