POLICEMEN have recovered P30,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, a top police official said Wednesday, March 30.
Police Colonel Albert Larubis, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, said the cigarettes were recovered around 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, in Bliss village, Buug.
Larubis said the smuggled cigarettes were recovered following receipt of information that two motorcycle-riding persons dropped two sealed master cases of cigarettes with marking Cannon.
Larubis believes the two master cases of cigarettes were dropped in the area and were supposed to be picked up by another person for delivery to its buyer.
He said the smuggled cigarettes are now under the custody of Buug Municipal Police Station for proper disposition.
On Sunday, March 27, policemen of Buug town arrested two people and seized a shipment of P144,000 smuggled cigarettes in Poblacion village, Buug.
Larubis said he ordered all municipal police stations to intensify the campaign against smuggling of cigarettes in the province. (SunStar Zamboanga)