P8.7-M illegal cigarettes seized from boat off Zamboanga Sibugay – PNP

MANILA, Philippines — Cigarettes, reported to be smuggled items worth P8.74 million, were confiscated from a boat off Zamboanga Sibugay early Thursday morning, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said. Maritime police “were conducting a seaborne patrol when they stopped a gray motorized banca navigating the seawaters of Ipil [town],” the PNP said in a statement. “An adult