Increased sea patrols ordered as Zamboanga City intercepts contrabands

PAGADIAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, Philippines — Brigadier General Edwin Quilates, Western Mindanao police director, has ordered intensified seaborne patrols in the waters of Zamboanga City to quell the entry of contrabands. Quilates made the order after joint patrols intercepted on Monday a big haul of smuggled cigarettes loaded in two vessels off Santa Cruz