PCG seizes P1.32-M smuggled cigarettes at Dapitan City port

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) intercepted a shipment of contraband cigarettes at Dapitan City port on Wednesday evening, July 15, 2026, concealed inside a passenger bus originating from Zamboanga City and bound for Bacolod City via a Ro-Ro vessel en route to Dumaguete City. Photos by Coast Guard Station Zamboanga del Norte

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) intercepted a shipment of contraband cigarettes at Dapitan City port on Wednesday evening, concealed inside a passenger bus originating from Zamboanga City and bound for Bacolod City via a Ro-Ro vessel en route to Dumaguete City.

The Coast Guard Station Zamboanga del Norte on Friday said that their personnel, with other law enforcement units, discovered the illicit shipment during ship inspection at around 6:45 p.m.

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