P800,000 smuggled cigarettes seized in Ozamiz checkpoint

PHOTO BY 2ND PROVINCIAL MOBILE FORCE COMPANY, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL

PAGADIAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, Philippines — Police operatives intercepted a mini van carrying an estimated P800,000 worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes during a late-night checkpoint operation in Barangay Labinay, Ozamiz City on Thursday, June 25.

At around 11:10 p.m., personnel of the Ozamiz City police station, in coordination with the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company of the Misamis Occidental Police Provincial Office, flagged down a white multicab mini van at the city’s border control point.

Authorities said the driver failed to present the required documents for the vehicle and its cargo. Upon inspection, operatives discovered 20 boxes of Berlin cigarettes believed to have been smuggled into the city.

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