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Thursday, January 02, 2006
P4-M worth of smuggled goods seized
OPERATIVES of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (Navforwesmin) intercepted and confiscated more than P4 million worth of smuggled goods aboard a vessel before the New Year's Day, off Tawi-Tawi mainland, military officials reported.
Maj. Gamal Hayudini, public information chief of the Southern Command, said Navy personnel while conducting maritime patrol at vicinity 1.5 nautical miles, Northwest off Simunul Island, intercepted M/L Elena.
According to Hayudini, the vessel, reportedly owned by a certain Hadji Abdurahal of Bongao, yielded assorted foodstuffs from Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia without importation documents.
"There were 15 crew, including minor patron, on board the vessel. They were taken to the Bureau of Customs office in Bongao together with the confiscated items for proper disposition," he said.
Earlier this month, the Philippine Navy and the Malaysian Royal Navy conducted a weeklong joint maritime exercise at the International Treaty Limit areas of the Philippines and Malaysia to further enhance efforts in combating terrorism and transnational crimes their respective borders.
(January 2, 2006 issue)
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