Police recovered P2.1 million worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes abandoned along the highway in Marantao, Lanao del Sur, on June 28, 2026. Photo from Marantao MPS Facebook page
COTABATO CITY – Police recovered P2.1 million worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes abandoned along the highway in Marantao, Lanao del Sur, shortly after midnight Sunday during an anti-criminality operation.
Brig. Gen. Christopher Abecia, Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) director, said personnel of the Marantao Municipal Police Station responded to information from village officials that several individuals aboard a black Mitsubishi pickup, a black Toyota Innova, and a gray Nissan Navara had dumped several boxes along the roadside in Barangay Tacub Pindolonan before passing through a police checkpoint.
Responding police officers, backed by the Regional Intelligence Unit-15 and assisted by the Marantao local government, proceeded to the area to verify the report.
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