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Now why would anybody want to smuggle rice when farmers have had a bumper harvest this year? For easy yet dirty profit, of course.

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Smuggled rice tasty and cheap, but…

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | December 31, 2001 - 12:00am

That rice you’re eating these holidays sure is delicious. Long-grained and white, it goes well with pricey ham or lowly tuyo. Very cheap, too. But chances are that, while you’re enjoying good rice, hundreds...

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