COTABATO CITY — Police seized P10.6 million worth of cigarettes in an anti-smuggling operation in the village of Kajatian in Indanan, Sulu on Friday.
Brigadier General Prexy D. Tanggawohn, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, told reporters on Monday the Indonesian-made cigarettes were found neatly piled inside a warehouse in Sitio Smart in Indanan by a police team, led to its exact location by vigilant villagers.
The Indanan Municipal Police Station and Sulu Provincial Police Office were now in joint custody of 297 large boxes containing 14,850 reams of cigarettes with Indonesian brands.
“Credit for this feat should partly go to the vigilant residents of Indanan and local officials who helped carry out this anti-smuggling operation,” Mr. Tanggawohn said.
He said he had ordered the provincial police to immediately turn over the contraband to the Bureau of Customs for proper disposition. — John Felix M. Unson
